TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment, fear of intimacy and differentiation of self among clients in substance disorder treatment facilities
AU - Thorberg, Fred Arne
AU - Lyvers, Michael
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Attachment, fear of intimacy and differentiation of self were examined by means of self-report questionnaires in 158 volunteers, including 99 clients enrolled in addiction treatment programs. As expected, clients (who were undergoing treatment for alcoholism, heroin addiction, amphetamine/cocaine addiction or cannabis abuse) reported higher levels of insecure attachment and fear of intimacy, and lower levels of secure attachment and differentiation of self, compared to controls. Insecure attachment, high fear of intimacy and low self-differentiation appear to characterize clients enrolled in addiction treatment programs. Such characteristics may reflect a predisposition to substance problems, an effect of chronic substance problems, or conceivably both.
AB - Attachment, fear of intimacy and differentiation of self were examined by means of self-report questionnaires in 158 volunteers, including 99 clients enrolled in addiction treatment programs. As expected, clients (who were undergoing treatment for alcoholism, heroin addiction, amphetamine/cocaine addiction or cannabis abuse) reported higher levels of insecure attachment and fear of intimacy, and lower levels of secure attachment and differentiation of self, compared to controls. Insecure attachment, high fear of intimacy and low self-differentiation appear to characterize clients enrolled in addiction treatment programs. Such characteristics may reflect a predisposition to substance problems, an effect of chronic substance problems, or conceivably both.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.050
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.050
M3 - Article
C2 - 15970395
AN - SCOPUS:33645228308
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 31
SP - 732
EP - 737
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 4
ER -