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  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Growing interest in attachment mechanisms' role in paranoia onset and maintenance.
  • Previous reviews indicate trait attachment anxiety and avoidance correlate with paranoia.
  • Limited research on attachment and paranoia in naturalistic settings using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate daily fluctuations in attachment anxiety and avoidance.
  • To determine if within-person changes in attachment states precede momentary paranoia and affect.
  • To compare the impact of state attachment anxiety versus avoidance on momentary outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Employed the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) over six days with 37 clinical participants and 26 healthy controls.
  • Utilized the ECR-R 16 SF questionnaire for trait attachment dimensions.
  • Measured momentary negative/positive affect, paranoia, and attachment insecurity states via ESM items.

Main Results:

  • Attachment insecurity state fluctuations were significantly higher in the clinical group.
  • Elevated attachment anxiety and avoidance preceded increases in negative affect.
  • Elevated attachment avoidance also preceded decreases in positive affect and increases in paranoia.

Conclusions:

  • Momentary attachment insecurity states temporally predict changes in affect and paranoia.
  • State attachment avoidance demonstrates a stronger impact on momentary affect and paranoia than state attachment anxiety.
  • Findings contrast with previous cross-sectional studies, highlighting the importance of within-person, dynamic analyses.