Citation

Stovall-McClough KC, Cloitre M. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2003; 1008: 297-299.

Affiliation

University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, Institute for Trauma and Stress, 215 Lexington Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. stovak01@med.nyu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14998900

Abstract

As part of an ongoing randomized clinical trial for childhood-abuse-related PTSD, this study examined the association between PTSD and unresolved attachment as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview in a sample of 52 female childhood-abuse survivors. Results revealed that 55% of the sample was classified as preoccupied and almost 75% was classified as unresolved with regard to trauma. In a preliminary sample of 18 women who completed treatment, 13 were unresolved before treatment and 8 lost their unresolved status following treatment. This effect was significantly more pronounced in the exposure condition compared to the skills training condition.

Language: en