Linking Romantic Attachment and Self-Injury: The Roles of the Behavioural Systems

Q3 Psychology

Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2017-02-06 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2017.5

Angela Caron, M. Lafontaine, J. Bureau

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Abstract

Attachment theory is considered an explanatory framework for understanding non-suicidal self-injury. Despite theoretical postulations, few studies have examined links between romantic attachment and its interconnected systems (the caregiving and sexual systems) and self-injury. This study investigated whether self-injurious thoughts and behaviours could be predicted by the functioning of the three systems. Two-hundred and sixty-three young adults participated in the study. Results revealed that participants endorsing self-injurious thoughts experience greater attachment anxiety and avoidance, controlling and compulsive romantic caregiving behaviours, and lower sexual satisfaction than participants with no thoughts. Conversely, findings indicate that the behavioural systems did not predict self-injurious behaviours. Such findings suggest that dimensions of the three interrelated behavioural systems hold unique roles in understanding young adult self-injurious thoughts, and that the constructs that predict self-injurious thoughts may differ from those that predict self-injurious behaviours.

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联系浪漫依恋和自我伤害:行为系统的角色

依恋理论被认为是理解非自杀性自伤的一个解释框架。尽管有理论假设，但很少有研究考察浪漫依恋及其相互关联的系统（照顾和性系统）与自我伤害之间的联系。这项研究调查了自残思想和行为是否可以通过这三个系统的功能来预测。263名年轻人参与了这项研究。结果显示，与没有自我伤害想法的参与者相比，支持自我伤害思想的参与者经历了更大的依恋焦虑和回避、控制和强迫性的浪漫照顾行为，以及更低的性满意度。相反，研究结果表明，行为系统并不能预测自残行为。这些发现表明，三个相互关联的行为系统的维度在理解年轻人的自残思想方面发挥着独特的作用，预测自残思想的结构可能与预测自残行为的结构不同。

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