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Table 4 AAI Attachment Representations and Participation in Treatment.

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

 

Spoken to a professional

Outpatient treatment

 

No

Yes

No

Yes

Organized Classificationsa

    

   Dismissing (Ds)

47 (58%)

34 (42%)

49 (61%)

32 (39%)

   Preoccupied (E)

4 (25%)

12 (75%)

6 (38%)

10 (62%)

   Earned-secure (ES)

5 (20%)

20 (80%)

10 (40%)

15 (60%)

   Continuous-secure (CS)

48 (56%)

38 (44%)

64 (74%)

22 (22%)

Unresolved/Disorientedb

    

   Not-unresolved (Not-U)

76 (49%)

79 (51%)

91 (59%)

64 (41%)

   Unresolved (U)

19 (49%)

20 (51%)

27 (69%)

12 (31%)

  1. Note. Ds = dismissing, E = preoccupied, ES = earned-secure, CS = continuous-secure. Not-U = not unresolved. U = unresolved.
  2. a n = 208. b n = 194.