Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University.
Personal Disord. 2024 Jan;15(1):46-59. doi: 10.1037/per0000606. Epub 2022 Dec 19.
Insecure attachment and personality pathology are parallel frameworks for representing interpersonal dysfunction. Although research to date has revealed strong bivariate associations between these constructs, the current state of the science is nonspecific and leaves piecemeal guidance for clinical and empirical efforts. The goal of the present study was to determine the magnitude of the associations between attachment and personality pathology across two conceptualizations of maladaptivity and across three waves of time, thereby satisfying repeated calls for empirical innovation in this area. A sample of newlywed heterosexual couples ( = 202 individuals) completed longitudinal assessments of personality pathology and romantic attachment insecurity. Results suggested that the covariation of attachment and personality pathology may be marred by measurement problems related to distress saturation in attachment and personality disorder instruments. Latent curve modeling further suggested that attachment insecurity and personality disorders fluctuate concurrently within persons. Future research should work toward validating unity models of attachment and personality pathology, correcting key measures, and documenting specific mechanisms of association between these constructs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
不安全依恋和人格病理学是代表人际功能障碍的两个平行框架。尽管迄今为止的研究揭示了这些结构之间存在强烈的双变量关联，但科学现状并不具体，为临床和实证工作提供的指导也零散不全。本研究的目的是确定依恋和人格病理学在两种适应不良概念和三个时间波次之间的关联程度，从而满足该领域对实证创新的反复呼吁。一个新婚异性恋夫妇的样本（=202 人）完成了人格病理学和浪漫依恋不安全感的纵向评估。结果表明，依恋和人格病理学的共变可能受到与依恋和人格障碍仪器中困扰饱和有关的测量问题的影响。潜在曲线模型进一步表明，依恋不安全感和人格障碍在个体内部同时波动。未来的研究应该致力于验证依恋和人格病理学的统一模型，纠正关键的测量方法，并记录这些结构之间关联的具体机制。
