Insecure attachment predicts proneness to paranoia but not hallucinations
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Negative self-esteem mediates the association between insecure attachment, particularly attachment anxiety, and paranoia.
“Several cross‐sectional studies have reported that the association between insecure attachment styles – particularly attachment anxiety – and paranoia is mediated by negative self‐esteem (Pickering et al., 2008; Ringer et al., 2014; Wickham et al., 2015).”
From Mistrust and negative self‐esteem: Two paths from attachment styles to paranoia. (2021) · cites this paper as Pickering et al., 2008
Paranoia is associated with insecure attachment.
“many studies have reported a strong association between insecure attachment styles and paranoia in both clinical and non‐clinical samples (Carr, Hardy, & Fornells‐Ambrojo, 2018; Gumley, Taylor, Schwannauer, & MacBeth, 2014; Pickering, Simpson, & Bentall, 2008;”
From Mistrust and negative self‐esteem: Two paths from attachment styles to paranoia. (2021) · cites this paper as Pickering, Simpson, & Bentall, 2008
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- Authors
- Pickering, L., Simpson, J., & Bentall, R. P.
- Affiliations
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Bangor University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bentall, Richard P.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-04
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1212-1224
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2060430153
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 5.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- insecure attachment, paranoia, hallucinations, self-esteem, locus of control
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