Insecure family bases and adolescent drug abuse: a new approach to family patterns of attachment.
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Insecure family bases and adolescent drug abuse: a new approach to family patterns of attachment. / Schindler, Andreas; Thomasius, Rainer; Sack, Peter-Michael; Gemeinhardt, Brigitte; Küstner, Udo.
In: ATTACH HUM DEV, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2, 2007, p. 111-126.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Insecure family bases and adolescent drug abuse: a new approach to family patterns of attachment.
AU - Schindler, Andreas
AU - Thomasius, Rainer
AU - Sack, Peter-Michael
AU - Gemeinhardt, Brigitte
AU - Küstner, Udo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A new approach to assessing family attachment patterns is presented, using a composite measure of individual attachment representations based on the Bartholomew Attachment Interview. A cluster analysis yielded three different patterns in a sample of N = 37 families with a drug dependent adolescent (age 14 - 25) and both biological parents. A "triangulated" pattern (mothers: preoccupied; fathers: dismissing; adolescents: fearful) was found in 65% of the sample. A total of 19% showed an "insecure" pattern (mothers, fathers, and adolescents: fearful) and 16% a "near-secure" pattern (mothers and adolescents: secure; fathers preoccupied). Preliminary comparisons between these groups indicate differences in comorbid psychiatric disorders, in individual and family functioning, but not in addiction severity. There is a trend towards differences in outcome of family therapy. Implications for treatment and further research are discussed.
AB - A new approach to assessing family attachment patterns is presented, using a composite measure of individual attachment representations based on the Bartholomew Attachment Interview. A cluster analysis yielded three different patterns in a sample of N = 37 families with a drug dependent adolescent (age 14 - 25) and both biological parents. A "triangulated" pattern (mothers: preoccupied; fathers: dismissing; adolescents: fearful) was found in 65% of the sample. A total of 19% showed an "insecure" pattern (mothers, fathers, and adolescents: fearful) and 16% a "near-secure" pattern (mothers and adolescents: secure; fathers preoccupied). Preliminary comparisons between these groups indicate differences in comorbid psychiatric disorders, in individual and family functioning, but not in addiction severity. There is a trend towards differences in outcome of family therapy. Implications for treatment and further research are discussed.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 9
SP - 111
EP - 126
JO - ATTACH HUM DEV
JF - ATTACH HUM DEV
SN - 1461-6734
IS - 2
M1 - 2
ER -