How does insecure attachment lead to paranoia? A systematic critical review of cognitive, affective, and behavioural mechanisms.
attachment
mechanisms
mediators
paranoia
psychosis
review
schizophrenia
Journal
The British journal of clinical psychology
ISSN: 0144-6657
Titre abrégé: Br J Clin Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8105533
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Historique:
revised:
24
01
2022
received:
15
12
2021
pubmed:
19
2
2022
medline:
5
8
2022
entrez:
18
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The relationship between attachment and paranoia is now well established. There is good theoretical reason and evidence to indicate that attachment style affects cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes which, in turn, contribute to the maintenance of paranoia, but this research has not been integrated. We critically and systematically review research that examines relevant cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes, which may explain how attachment insecurity leads to paranoia and constitute key targets in psychotherapeutic interventions for people with psychosis. We conducted three systematic searches across six databases (PsycINFO, CINAHL, Medline, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar), from inception to September 2021, to investigate key cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes in the attachment-paranoia association. We identified a total of 1930 papers and critically reviewed 16. The literature suggests that negative self- and other-beliefs, inability to defuse from unhelpful cognitions, and use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies mediate the association between attachment insecurity and paranoia in people with psychosis/psychotic experience. Attachment-secure people with psychosis are more likely to seek help and engage with services than attachment-insecure people. Attachment styles impact help-seeking behaviours in people with psychosis and are likely to influence paranoia via self- and other-beliefs, cognition fusion, and emotion regulation - these candidate mechanisms may be targeted in psychological therapy to improve clinical outcomes for people with psychosis, characterized by paranoia. Insecure attachment is likely to lead to paranoia via negative beliefs about self and others, cognitive fusion, and use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. These mechanisms can be targeted in psychotherapeutic interventions for psychosis, such as cognitive behaviour therapy, to improve clinical and recovery outcomes. People with psychosis who are attachment-secure are more likely to seek help and engage with services than those who are attachment-insecure (particularly avoidant). Attachment style can be assessed to predict service engagement and help-seeking behaviours in people with psychosis. Attachment styles are important predictors of key cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes in people with psychosis. These processes can be assessed and incorporated into individualised formulations, and then targeted in therapy to effect psychotherapeutic change.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The relationship between attachment and paranoia is now well established. There is good theoretical reason and evidence to indicate that attachment style affects cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes which, in turn, contribute to the maintenance of paranoia, but this research has not been integrated. We critically and systematically review research that examines relevant cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes, which may explain how attachment insecurity leads to paranoia and constitute key targets in psychotherapeutic interventions for people with psychosis.
METHOD
METHODS
We conducted three systematic searches across six databases (PsycINFO, CINAHL, Medline, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar), from inception to September 2021, to investigate key cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes in the attachment-paranoia association.
RESULTS
RESULTS
We identified a total of 1930 papers and critically reviewed 16. The literature suggests that negative self- and other-beliefs, inability to defuse from unhelpful cognitions, and use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies mediate the association between attachment insecurity and paranoia in people with psychosis/psychotic experience. Attachment-secure people with psychosis are more likely to seek help and engage with services than attachment-insecure people.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Attachment styles impact help-seeking behaviours in people with psychosis and are likely to influence paranoia via self- and other-beliefs, cognition fusion, and emotion regulation - these candidate mechanisms may be targeted in psychological therapy to improve clinical outcomes for people with psychosis, characterized by paranoia.
PRACTITIONER POINTS
CONCLUSIONS
Insecure attachment is likely to lead to paranoia via negative beliefs about self and others, cognitive fusion, and use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. These mechanisms can be targeted in psychotherapeutic interventions for psychosis, such as cognitive behaviour therapy, to improve clinical and recovery outcomes. People with psychosis who are attachment-secure are more likely to seek help and engage with services than those who are attachment-insecure (particularly avoidant). Attachment style can be assessed to predict service engagement and help-seeking behaviours in people with psychosis. Attachment styles are important predictors of key cognitive, affective, and behavioural processes in people with psychosis. These processes can be assessed and incorporated into individualised formulations, and then targeted in therapy to effect psychotherapeutic change.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35178714
doi: 10.1111/bjc.12361
pmc: PMC9542899
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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© 2022 The Authors. British Journal of Clinical Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.
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