Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
School of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2022 Apr;48(2):391-410. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12503. Epub 2021 Apr 12.
We conducted latent profile analyses on community (n = 1663) and clinical (n = 575) samples to determine whether continuous scores of attachment anxiety and avoidance would lead to the identification of theoretically consistent and clinically useful profiles. We then compared these profiles according to gender, relationship status, psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction. Analysis on the community sample yielded four profiles: secure, preoccupied, dismissive, and fearful individuals; whereas, the clinical sample yielded three profiles: secure, preoccupied, and fearful individuals. In the community sample, there was a higher proportion of women under the preoccupied profile and a higher proportion of men under the dismissive profile compared with the other profiles. Overall, insecure individuals reported higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction and psychological distress, and a relationship status reflecting lower commitment. Our findings suggest that the Experiences in Close Relationships scale could be useful in assisting therapists in conceptualizing their cases according to their patients' attachment profile.
我们对社区（n=1663）和临床（n=575）样本进行潜在剖面分析，以确定依恋焦虑和回避的连续评分是否会导致确定理论一致和临床有用的特征。然后，我们根据性别、关系状况、心理困扰和关系满意度对这些特征进行了比较。对社区样本的分析产生了四种特征：安全型、痴迷型、回避型和恐惧型个体；而临床样本则产生了三种特征：安全型、痴迷型和恐惧型个体。在社区样本中，与其他特征相比，痴迷特征下的女性比例较高，而回避特征下的男性比例较高。总体而言，不安全型个体报告的关系不满意程度和心理困扰程度更高，反映出关系承诺程度较低的关系状况。我们的研究结果表明，亲密关系体验量表可以帮助治疗师根据患者的依恋特征来对案例进行概念化。
