The relation of dissociation and mind wandering to unresolved/disorganized attachment : an experience sampling study
MARKUSSON CLAVERTZ, DAVID LU ; Gusic, Sabina LU ; Bengtsson, Hans LU ; Jacobsen, Heidi and Cardeña, Etzel LU
(2017)
In Attachment and Human Development
19(2).
p.170-190
- Abstract
Individuals with unresolved/disorganized representations of childhood trauma (U/d attachment) report more psychological distress than others, but little is known about their everyday mentation. In the present study adults with childhood trauma (N = 45) completed the Berkeley-Leiden Adult Attachment Questionnaire-Unresolved (BLAAQ-U) and the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), and reported everyday mentation during 5 days of experience sampling. The BLAAQ-U and the AAI showed a medium association with each other, but only the former significantly predicted negative affect, dissociation, and low control/awareness of mentation. Contrary to our predictions, U/d attachment did not significantly predict mind wandering, but the BLAAQ-U predicted... (More)
Individuals with unresolved/disorganized representations of childhood trauma (U/d attachment) report more psychological distress than others, but little is known about their everyday mentation. In the present study adults with childhood trauma (N = 45) completed the Berkeley-Leiden Adult Attachment Questionnaire-Unresolved (BLAAQ-U) and the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), and reported everyday mentation during 5 days of experience sampling. The BLAAQ-U and the AAI showed a medium association with each other, but only the former significantly predicted negative affect, dissociation, and low control/awareness of mentation. Contrary to our predictions, U/d attachment did not significantly predict mind wandering, but the BLAAQ-U predicted endorsements of a negative mind wandering style. U/d attachment, as assessed by both instruments, was associated with the Poor attentional control style and beliefs in anomalous mental phenomena. Experience sampling is a valuable way to investigate everyday experiences in individuals with U/d attachment.
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- author
- MARKUSSON CLAVERTZ, DAVID
LU
; Gusic, Sabina
LU
; Bengtsson, Hans
LU
; Jacobsen, Heidi
and Cardeña, Etzel
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-02-05
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- detachment, disorganized attachment, dissociative experiences, experience sampling, mind wandering
- in
- Attachment and Human Development
- volume
- 19
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85002263487
- pmid:27917699
- wos:000395090700004
- ISSN
- 1461-6734
- DOI
- 10.1080/14616734.2016.1261914
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- f464340a-8d73-43d4-bb28-fea1a31aa0c4
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- 2016-12-28 08:46:38
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