Relationship between adult attachment and depressive symptomatology in people with severe mental illness: The role of experiential avoidance
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Severe and Chronic Mental Disorder (SMD) presents a high rate of comorbidity with depressive symptoms, causing a great personal and economic impact and reducing the quality of life of people who suffer it. In recent years, insecure attachment styles and the avoidance of internal negative experiences seem to be variables related, not only, to the presence of severe psychopathology but it could, also, be involved in the development and maintenance of these comorbidity rates. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between insecure attachment styles, experiential avoidance and depressive symptomatology in 41 individuals diagnosed with SMD. The results showed that insecure attachment styles were associated with an increase in depression. This relationship was intermediate by experiential avoidance. In sum, the widespread presence of depression in SMD highlights the urgent need to develop new treatments focused on working with attachment styles and the development of strategies based on acceptance.
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