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Article: Self-Other Working Models and Eating Disorders
- Article from:
- Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Springer Publishing Company 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In this study, Bartholomew's (1990) four-category model of attachment (secure, preoccupied, dismissing, and fearful) was used to test Guidano's (1987) notion that the personal cognitive organization (P.C. Org.) of individuals with eating disorders is characterized by an enmeshed, preoccupied working model of attachment. Consistent with this characterization, Bartholomew's preoccupied and secure attachment dimensions were found to significantly discriminate a clinical eating disorder sample (n = 17) from normal subjects (n = 27).
In recent years, cognitive constructivists (particularly those with a developmental emphasis) have found attachment theory to be a viable conceptual framework for ...