Attachment and substance use disorders: a review of the literature and a study in drug dependent adolescents.
- Authors
- Schindler, Andreas; Thomasius, Rainer; Sack, Peter-Michael; Gemeinhardt, Brigitte; KΓΌstner, Udo; Eckert, Jochen
- Year
- 2005
- Journal
- Attachment & human development
- PMID
- 16210236
- DOI
- 10.1080/14616730500173918
Earlier studies on attachment and substance use disorders using the Hazan and Shaver (1987) self-report mainly indicate a link with "avoidant" attachment styles. Studies working with the Adult Attachment Interview (Main & Goldwyn, 1998) have produced inconsistent results. The present study used the Bartholomew (1990) interview coding system to assess attachment in a sample of 71 German opiate using, drug dependent adolescents (DDAs, age 14 - 25) and 39 non-clinical controls. Fearful attachment was predominant in DDAs, while controls were predominantly secure. Severity of drug use, as assessed with the European Addiction Severity Index (Gsellhofer, Fahrner, & Platt, 1994) and urinalyses, was positively correlated with fearful attachment, but negatively correlated with dismissing attachment. The presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders was associated with fearful attachment but not with addiction severity.
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