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DYSFUNCTIONAL ATTITUDES AND ATTACHMENT STYLE AMONG CLINICALLY DEPRESSED ADULTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2001

Mark A. Reinecke  and
Gregory M. Rogers
Mark A. Reinecke
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Gregory M. Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Previous research has found an association between adult attachment style and symptoms of depression among university students and indicated that this relationship may be mediated by dysfunctional attitudes. The present study represents an initial step toward extending these findings to a clinical sample with more severe forms of depression. A sample of psychiatric outpatients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (n = 54) completed measures of adult attachment style, dysfunctional attitudes, and depression. An association was found between insecure attachment style and depression severity. This association was partially mediated by dysfunctional attitudes. These findings are consistent with cognitive-interpersonal models of depression that propose that adverse early experiences may contribute to vulnerability for depression through the establishment of dysfunctional attitudes.

Keywords

Depressiondysfunctional attitudesattachment
Type
Main Section
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 129 - 141
Copyright
© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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