Attachment security and alexithymia in a heavy drinking sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15398366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred Arne Thorberg (0000-0002-8835-7631, Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author), Ross Mcd Young (0000-0002-6806-6503, Queensland University of Technology), Ross McDonald Young, Karen A Sullivan (0000-0002-5952-5114, Queensland University of Technology), Michael Lyvers (0000-0002-8355-3182, Bond University), Cameron Hurst (0000-0002-4577-8962, Queensland University of Technology), Jason P Connor (0000-0002-7020-1196, Queensland University of Technology), Gerald F X Feeney (The University of Queensland), Gerald Feeney |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 566-570 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Addiction Research & Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7392 • E-ISSN: 1606-6359 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3109/16066359.2011.580065 |
| OpenAlex | W1982233820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 31 |
Attachment difficulties have been proposed as a key risk factor for the development of alexithymia, a multifaceted personality trait characterised by difficulties identifying and describing feelings, a lack of imagination and an externally oriented thinking style. This study investigated the relationship between attachment and alexithymia in an alcohol-dependent population. Participants were 210 outpatients in a Cognitive Behavioural Treatment programme assessed on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Revised Adult Attachment Scale. Significant relationships between anxious attachment and alexithymia factors were confirmed. Furthermore, alexithymic alcoholics reported significantly higher levels of anxious attachment and significantly lower levels of closeness (secure attachment) compared to non-alexithymic alcoholics. These findings highlight the importance of assessing and targeting anxious attachment among alexithymic alcoholics in order to improve alcohol treatment outcomes
Alexithymia · Attachment theory · Closeness · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Insecure attachment · Personality · Population · Toronto Alexithymia Scale · Trait · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology
The relationship between insecure attachment and alexithymia
Alexithymia, negative moods, and fears of positive emotions
Alexithymia and alcohol dependence
Alcohol misuse in psychiatric patients and nonclinical individuals
Alexithymia and Adult Attachment
Alexithymia, attachment security and negative mood
Alexithymia and binge eating
Alexithymia, Fear of Intimacy, and Relationship Satisfaction
Disorders of Affect Regulation
The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test
The Brief Mast
The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale
The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure
Attachment in relation to affect regulation and interpersonal functioning among substance use disorder in patients
Working models of attachment
Attachment styles, emotion regulation, and adjustment in adolescence
Attachments beyond infancy
Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |