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Table 4 Traumatic childhood experiences related to attachment figures and categories of attachment between groups

From: Attachment and coping in psychosis in relation to spiritual figures

 

Patients

Controls

Total

 

n

Secure

Insecure

n

Secure

Insecure

n

Secure

Insecure

 

28

6

22

18

13

5

46

19

27

Traumatic experience*

21

3

18

8

6

2

29

9

20

Multiple traumatic experiences

12

1

11

4

2

2

16

3

13

Separation from first attachment figure

9

1

8

1

0

1

10

1

9

Repeated separation from first attachment figure

5

1

4

4

2

2

9

3

6

Sexual abuse

5

0

5

1

1

0

6

1

5

Violence from parents

11

2

9

2

1

1

13

3

10

Parental psychiatric

         

Disorder traumatic for the subject

5

0

5

1

1

0

6

1

5

  1. *Patients Vs. Controls, χ2(1) = 4.39, p < .04