Scheidt, C. E. and Waller, E. and Malchow, H. and Ehlert, U. and Becker-Stoll, F. and Schulte-Moenting, J. and Luecking, C. H. (2000) Attachment representation and cortisol response to the adult attachment interview in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis. PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS, 69 (3). pp. 155-162. ISSN 0033-3190
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Objective: The study investigates individual differences in the mental representation of attachment and their impact on the cortisol response to psychosocial stress in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (IST). It was hypothesized (a) that in IST insecure attachment is more prevalent than in a non-clinical control group and (b) that subjects with dismissing attachment respond with higher physiological arousal to a specific stimulus activating the attachment behavioural system than subjects with secure attachment. Method: 20 patients with IST and 20 healthy controls matched for age and sex underwent the Adult Attachment Interview, an hour-long, semiclinical interview on attachment experiences. During the interview salivary cortisol levels were monitored. The subjects' mental state with regard to attachment was classified using the attachment Q-sort method. Anxiety and depression were measured as potentia I covariates of the adrenocortical stress response. Results: Compared to the non-clinical group, dismissing attachment was strongly overrepresented in IST, In IST, but not in the healthy control group, dismissing attachment correlated with an elevated cortisol response to the interview. Conclusion: In clinical, but not in non-clinical samples dismissing attachment may be associated with increased vulnerability to psychosocial stress. The factors contributing to this interaction are not yet fully elucidated. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TORONTO-ALEXITHYMIA-SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; BEHAVIORAL-ASPECTS; SALIVARY CORTISOL; MULTICENTER; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REACTIVITY; SITUATION; DYSTONIA; SECURITY; adult attachment interview; cortisol; psychological stress; neuro-endocrine function; idiopathic spasmodic torticollis |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 13:26 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/42552 |
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