Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the characteristics related to avoidant attachment of 13 schizoid/avoidant psychiatric outpatients and 20 nonschizoid/avoidant psychiatric outpatients.
METHOD:
Three scales ("maintains distance in relationships", "high priority on self-sufficiency" and "attachment relationship is a threat to security") differentiated schizoid and avoidant personality disordered patients from other personality disordered patients.
RESULTS:
The results are discussed in terms of the attachment and DSM diagnostic models of avoidant styles in relationships.
CONCLUSION:
The 2 groups of schizoid and avoidant personality disordered patients were not significantly different on the desire for close affectional bonds scale.