Unpacking the association between attachment insecurity and PTSD symptoms: The mediating role of coping strategies.
Emma M MarshallGery C KarantzasSusan ChestermanNicolas KambouropoulosPublished in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2022)
This proof of concept for Marshall and Frazier (2019) provides a platform for future research to better understand PTSD symptoms from an attachment framework. Interventions are likely to benefit by assisting people high on attachment avoidance and anxiety to modify their deactivating tendencies following a trauma of high severity and also assisting people high on attachment anxiety to modify their hyperactivating tendencies posttrauma, especially following a high trauma severity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).