Attachment Dimensions Predict Social Functioning in Persons with Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders, Regardless of Symptom Severity

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Journal Actas Esp Psiquiatr

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2021 Nov 4

PMID 34734642

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Authors

Cristina Monfort-Escrig

Josep Pena-Garijo

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Abstract

Attachment patterns and early-life adversities are relevant to understand the role of psychosocial factors in the vulnerability and the development of psychosis. The first aim of the study was to test whether a dimensional attachment instrument, the CAMIR (from French; Cartes: Modèles Individuels de Relation), may differentiate attachment styles by comparing a group of psychotic patients with a non-clinical sample. Also, we hypothesised that attachment dimensions would predict Social Functioning (SF) within the clinical group.

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