Together in pain: attachment-related dyadic processes and posttraumatic stress disorder

TitleTogether in pain: attachment-related dyadic processes and posttraumatic stress disorder
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsEin-Dor, T., G. Doron, Z. Solomon, M. Mikulincer, and P. R. Shaver
We used actor-partner interdependence modeling to explore associations among attachment-related dyadic processes, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in their wives. A sample of 157 Israeli couples (85 former prisoners of war and their wives and a comparison group of 72 veterans not held captive and their wives) completed self-report scales assessing attachment insecurities (anxiety, avoidance) and PTSD symptoms. For both groups of veterans and their wives, attachment anxiety was associated with the severity of their own and their spouses' PTSD and STS. Avoidant attachment was associated with PTSD and STS only in couples that included a former prisoner of war. A complex pattern of associations involving avoidant attachment was observed in the actor-partner analyses of these couples. The study demonstrates that attachment-related dyadic processes play a role in the development and maintenance of PTSD in traumatized veterans and STS in their wives.
Title Together in pain: attachment-related dyadic processes and posttraumatic stress disorder
Publication Title J Couns Psychol
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2010
Authors T. Ein-Dor; G. Doron; Z. Solomon; M. Mikulincer; P.R. Shaver
Accession Number 21133582
Number 3
ISBN Number 0022-0167 (Print)<br/>0022-0167 (Linking)
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