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Attachment : developmental pathways to affective dysregulation in young people at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis
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Gajwani, Ruchika, Patterso, Paul and Birchwood, M. J. (2013) Attachment : developmental pathways to affective dysregulation in young people at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52 (4). pp. 424-437. doi:10.1111/bjc.12027 ISSN 0144-6657.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12027
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
Embedded in attachment theory is its association with affect regulation, which provides a framework for affective dysregulation in the emerging psychosis.
METHOD:
Fifty-one participants meeting criteria for ultra-high risk (UHR) of developing psychosis were recruited from a youth mental health service within the United Kingdom. At intake baseline, prior to starting therapeutic intervention, all clients were assessed on measures of affective dysregulation and attachment.
RESULTS:
A large proportion of our sample (N = 51) reported clinically significant levels of depression (78%), state anxiety (59%), and social anxiety (65%). Eighty per cent of the UHR sample was insecurely attached. Insecure attachment was significantly associated with elevated depression and social anxiety. Attachment styles were associated with anxiety, depression, and social anxiety. There was no support for a mediating role of social anxiety between attachment styles and depression.
CONCLUSION:
Clinically significant levels of distress and anxiety experienced by the young people at high risk of psychosis. Clinical implications for the treatment of affective dysregulation in young people at UHR in relation to their attachment styles have been discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Attachment behavior , Attachment behavior in adolescence , Social phobia , Social phobia in adolescence , Anxiety in children, Depression in adolescence , Depression, Mental , Psychoses, Psychoses in adolescence , Psychoses in children | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Clinical Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0144-6657 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2013 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 424-437 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/bjc.12027 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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