Attachment representation in adolescent patients with somatoform disorders / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo examine the attachment style,the anxious and avoidant related attachment in adolescent patients with somatoform disorders.MethodsAll of the 66 patients who were diagnosed as somatoform disorder and 80 controls completed the assessments of common information,experiences in close relationships scales.All the data was analyzed by SPSS13.0.ResultsCompared with control group,somatofonn disorder group had higher ratio of insecure attachment,and there were statistically significant differences between them (29.5％vs 81％,x2 =40.584,P＜0.01 ).The scores of avoidant and anxious related attachment in somatoform group were significant higher than those in control group ( separately 70.51 ± 15.08 vs 62.58 ± 14.18,t =4.449,P ＜0.0l ;64.25 ± 18.91 vs 51.49 ± 14.13,t =3.210,P ＜ 0.01 ).ConclusionThere is a higher incidence of insecure attachment and higher level of anxious and avoidant related attachment in adolescent patients with somatoform disorder.The most common style is dismissing attachment.