Attachment and Personality Disorders Among Child Molesters: The Role of Trust

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dc.contributor.authorGarofalo, C., & Bogaerts, S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-12T15:43:57Z
dc.date.available2017-10-12T15:43:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated multivariate associations between attachment styles and personality disorders (PDs)—and the mediating role of trust—in a sample of child molesters (n = 84) and a matched control group from the general community (n = 80). Among child molesters, canonical correlation analysis revealed that two variates resembling avoidant and anxious attachment dimensions were associated with PD traits. Attachment avoidance was related to schizoid, schizotypal, and avoidant PDs, with a marginal contribution of antisocial PD. Attachment anxiety was related to borderline and histrionic PDs, with a marginal contribution of obsessive-compulsive PD. Paranoid and dependent PDs contributed to both variates. In the control group, a more general association between attachment insecurity and PDs emerged. Finally, mistrust significantly explained the associations between attachment and PDs in both samples. Future studies should examine whether treatment for PDs in child molesters could benefit from a focus on attachment and trusten_US
dc.identifier.citationGarofalo, C., & Bogaerts, S. (2017). Attachment and personality disorders among child molesters: The role of trust. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 1079063217720928.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1079063217720928
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3565
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSexual abuse: A journal of research and treatmenten_US
dc.subjectattachmenten_US
dc.subjecttrusten_US
dc.subjectoffendersen_US
dc.subjectperpetratorsen_US
dc.titleAttachment and Personality Disorders Among Child Molesters: The Role of Trusten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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