@article{ref1,
title="Unresolved attachment mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and impaired personality functioning in adolescence",
journal="Journal of personality disorders",
year="2020",
author="Gander, Manuela and Buchheim, Anna and Bock, Astrid and Steppan, Martin and Sevecke, Kathrin and Goth, Kirstin",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present study investigates the mediating effect of attachment trauma on the relationship between childhood maltreatment and personality functioning in 199 adolescents (12-18 years) using a novel approach of an in-depth analysis of attachment-related traumatic contents during an attachment interview (AAP). Our findings demonstrate that adolescents with a high amount of traumatic attachment-related material show a lower resilience when facing traumatic childhood experiences, resulting in a greater severity of personality dysfunction. In particular, the associations between emotional abuse and neglect and the domains of identity, empathy, self-direction, and intimacy were mediated by the severity of attachment trauma. These results advance our understanding of the different nuances of attachment-related traumatic material and how they might shape personality structure in an adolescent age group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-579X",
doi="10.1521/pedi_2020_34_468",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2020_34_468"
}