title: Attachment and interpersonal distress: examining the relationship between attachment styles and interpersonal problems in a clinical population.
abstract: The present study examined the relationship between self-perceived attachment styles and interpersonal problems. Specifically, we utilized a clinical sample from an outpatient university-based community clinic who completed the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale-Revised, the Relationship Questionnaire and Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales (IIP-64) as part of a psychological assessment process. The results showed a significant positive correlation between the IIP-64 total score and both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance. Findings revealed significant negative relationships between a secure attachment and the dominant, vindictive, cold, socially inhibited and non-assertive subscales of the IIP-64. Findings also revealed a significant positive relationship between a fearful attachment and the dominant, vindictive, cold, socially inhibited and non-assertive subscales of the IIP-64. Finally, results showed a significant relationship between a dismissive attachment and the dominant subscale of the IIP-64.
authors.affiliation: The Zucker Hillside Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, NY 11791, USA. Ghag541@aol.com
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haggerty
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hilsenroth
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vala-Stewart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D014481:United States