Dissociation and insecure attachment as mediators of the relation between childhood emotional abuse and nonclinical paranoid traits
Mertens, Yoki Linn (University of Groningen)
Racioppi, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Sheinbaum Frank, Tamara (University of Southern California)
Kwapil, Thomas (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Barrantes-Vidal, Neus (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Center for Biomedical Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM)

Additional title:	Disociación y apego inseguro como mediadores de la relación entre abuso emocional infantil y rasgos paranoides en población no clínica
Additional title:	解离和不安全依恋作为童年期情感虐待与非临床偏执特质之间关系的中介因子
Date:	2021
Abstract:	Background : Research suggests dissociation and insecure attachment serve as explanatory mechanisms in the pathway from childhood trauma to paranoia. However, past work has not examined these mechanisms concurrently in nonclinical populations. Objective : The current study sought to examine dissociation and insecure attachment as parallel mediators of the association between childhood emotional abuse and paranoid traits. Furthermore, a serial mediation model with insecure attachment preceding dissociation in the explanatory pathway was explored. Methods : Eighty-nine nonclinically ascertained young adults were assessed for childhood emotional abuse, dissociation, attachment styles, and paranoid traits. Parallel and serial mediation models were tested. Results : The association of childhood emotional abuse with both interview-based and self-reported paranoid traits was significantly mediated by dissociation and preoccupied attachment. Fearful attachment was a significant mediator in the model for self-reported paranoid traits. No evidence for a serial mediation effect was found. Conclusions : The present findings extend support for dissociation and attachment insecurity as mechanisms underlying the link between childhood emotional maltreatment and paranoid traits. Longitudinal research is needed to inform whether insecure attachment contributes to dissociation along the pathways to paranoid traits.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2017-87512-C2-1-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017-SGR-1612
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Paranoia ; Dissociation ; Attachment style ; Childhood trauma ; Schizotypy ; Disociación ; Estilo de apego ; Trauma infantil ; Esquizotipia ; 偏执 ; 解离 ; 依恋风格 ; 童年期创伤 ; 精神分裂症
Published in:	European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 12 (march 2021) , ISSN 2000-8066

DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1888539
PMID: 33968322

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