How Attachment Styles Influence Emotional Distress and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Individuals With Schizophrenia: A Cross-Sectional Nursing Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Insecure attachment styles among people with schizophrenia may exacerbate psychiatric symptoms and emotional distress, complicating recovery.

Objectives

This study aimed to assess attachment styles among individuals with schizophrenia and explore their relationship to symptomatology and emotional distress.

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive correlational design was employed, involving 220 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Participants were assessed using the Psychosis Attachment Measure (PAM) to determine attachment styles, the Robertson Emotional Distress Scale (REDS) to evaluate emotional distress, and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) to assess psychiatric symptoms.

Results

The study found that 72.5% of participants exhibi

SUBMITTER: Gaber Hamzaa H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501449 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature