Attachment style and interpersonal trauma in refugees

Conclusions: Exposure to interpersonal traumatic events, including torture, is associated with enduring avoidant attachment tendencies in refugees. This finding accords with attachment theories that prior adverse interpersonal experiences can undermine secure attachment systems, and may promote avoidance of attachment seeking. This finding may point to an important process maintaining poor psychological health in refugees affected by interpersonal trauma.
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Research Source Type: research