Depression and attachment problems.

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Summary

This study investigated the characteristics related to attachment of 42 depressed psychiatric patients and 42 non-depressed psychiatric controls, finding the depressed subjects demonstrated an anxious pattern of attachment, characterized by either intense care-seeking in relation to their attachment figure or angry withdrawal from their attachment Figure when their desire for security was frustrated.

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article
Published
1993-03-01
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Keywords

Psychology, Insecure attachment, Attachment theory, Construct (python library), Depression (economics)

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