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Table 2 AAI Attachment Representations and Substance Abuse/Dependence.

From: Attachment as an organizer of behavior: implications for substance abuse problems and willingness to seek treatment

 

Alcohol Diagnosisa

(n = 193)

Marijuana Diagnosis

(n = 194)

Non-Marijuana Drug Diagnosis

(n = 194)

 

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Organized Attachment

      

   Dismissing (Ds)

35 (44%)

44 (56%)

63 (78%)

18 (22%)

66 (82%)

15 (18%)

   Preoccupied (E)

7 (44%)

9 (56%)

11 (69%)

5 (31%)

9 (56%)

7 (44%)

   Earned-secure (ES)

9 (36%)

16 (64%)

15 (60%)

10 (40%)

20 (80%)

5 (20%)

   Continuous-secure (CS)

48 (56%)

38 (44%)

77 (90%)

9 (10%)

78 (91%)

8 (9%)

Unresolved/Disoriented

      

   Not-unresolved (Not-U)

73 (47%)

81 (53%)

123 (79%)

32 (21%)

130 (84%)

25 (16%)

   Unresolved (U)

18 (46%)

21 (54%)

32 (82%)

7 (18%)

31 (80%)

8 (20%)

  1. Note. Ds = dismissing. E = preoccupied. ES = earned-secure. CS = continuous-secure Sample size of 194 for analyses including unresolved/disoriented attachment classification. Percentages are within substance and rows.
  2. a Diagnoses were missing for two subjects due to incomplete data.