Interrelationships Among Childhood Trauma, Insecure Attachment, Dissociation, Negative Schemas and Psychosis Symptoms: A Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood trauma is associated with increased rates of psychosis, with research identifying insecure attachment, dissociation and negative schemas as mediating factors. Network analysis offers a framework to explore complex interrelationships between symptoms and vulnerability factors. This study used network analysis to examine connections between experiences of childhood trauma, insecure attachment, dissociation, negative schemas and positive and negative psychosis symptoms. The study aims were to identify central, strongly connected variables and to compare network structures between subgroups with (n = 259) and without (n = 350) a self-reported psychosis diagnosis.

Methods

Cross-sectional, self-report data from an online survey sample (N = 609) were analysed.

SUBMITTER: Levi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12699288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature