PMID- 12396756
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021126
LR  - 20191106
IS  - 1476-0835 (Print)
IS  - 1476-0835 (Linking)
VI  - 75
IP  - Pt 3
DP  - 2002 Sep
TI  - Subjective physical complaints and hypochondriacal features from an attachment 
      theoretical perspective.
PG  - 313-32
AB  - The main goal of the present study was to examine the association between 
      physical complaints, hypochondriacal features and attachment characteristics in a 
      representative German general population sample. A total of 1997 German adults, 
      883 males and 1114 females, completed the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS), 
      the short form of the Giessen Subjective Complaints List (GSCL) to investigate 
      gender-related bodily complaints and the Whiteley Index for assessing 
      hypochondriacal concerns. Item response theoretical methods, i.e. mixed Rasch 
      analysis, were used in order to identify the best model for the attachment items. 
      Findings suggested that five latent classes yielded the best model fit. The 
      findings provided evidence that attachment styles displayed different profiles of 
      subjective physical complaints. The highest amount of physical symptoms and 
      hypochondriacal features was identified in anxiously attached individuals with 
      two subsets displaying functionally different subjective symptoms. Secure 
      attachment was, in contrast, not related to a higher amount of specific symptoms. 
      Results are discussed in terms of a developmental approach to symptom experience 
      and somatization.
FAU - Schmidt, Silke
AU  - Schmidt S
AD  - Department of Medical Psychology, University Hospital of Hamburg, Germany. 
      sischmid@uke.uni-hamburg.de
FAU - Strauss, Bernhard
AU  - Strauss B
FAU - Braehler, Elmar
AU  - Braehler E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Psychol Psychother
JT  - Psychology and psychotherapy
JID - 101135751
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypochondriasis/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - *Object Attachment
MH  - Somatoform Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2002/10/25 04:00
MHDA- 2002/11/28 04:00
CRDT- 2002/10/25 04:00
PHST- 2002/10/25 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/11/28 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/10/25 04:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1348/147608302320365217 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychol Psychother. 2002 Sep;75(Pt 3):313-32. doi: 10.1348/147608302320365217.