Analysis of Adult Attachment Styles of 50 Surgery Patients / 中国临床心理学杂志

Objective: Analysis of adult attachment in a very stressful situation, i.e., surgery. Methods: Two widely used adult attachment measurements --Relationship Questionnaire(RQ) and Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory(ECR)-are administered to 50 surgery patients in a hospital. Their personal information is also collected. Results: The distribution of 50 patients' adult attachment is: 18(36%) of them are secure, 20(40%) Dismissing, 6(12%) Preoccupied, 6(12%) Fearful. Moreover, attachment anxiety measured by ECR has negative correlation with model-of-self measured by RQ (P