title: Fearful attachment mediates the association of childhood trauma with schizotypy and psychotic-like experiences.
abstract: We examined whether insecure attachment styles mediate the association between childhood trauma and nonclinical psychotic phenomena in 546 young adults. Fearful attachment mediated the associations of physical/emotional trauma with schizotypy, suspiciousness, and psychotic-like experiences. Results support theoretical accounts implicating attachment disruptions in the pathway from childhood adversity to psychosis.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sheinbaum
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, United States.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kwapil
authors.affiliation: Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, United States; Sant Pere Claver - Fundació Sanitària, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERSAM, Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: neus.barrantes@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Neus
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barrantes-Vidal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attachment styles; Childhood trauma; Psychotic-like experiences