Table 4.
Distribution of the Relationship Questionnaire attachment categories (Secure Vs Preoccupied Vs Fearful/Avoidant Vs Dismissing/Avoidant) by nationality (Germans vs. Italians) and care system (outpatients vs. residentials).
| German Samplea | Italian Sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total b | Outpatients | Residentials | ||||||
| Fr | % | Fr. | % | Fr. | % | Fr. | % | |
| Secure | 5 | 6.0 | 31 | 24.6 | 25 | 26.0 | 6 | 20.0 |
| Preoccupied | 12 | 17.0 | 55 | 43.7 | 47 | 49.0 | 8 | 26.7 |
| Fearful/avoidant | 46 | 65.0 | 13 | 10.3 | 9 | 9.4 | 4 | 13.3 |
| Dismissing/avoidant | 8 | 11.0 | 27 | 21.4 | 15 | 15.6 | 12 | 40.0 |
| Total | 71 | 100 | 126 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 30 | 100 |
aData retrieved from Schindler et al (54); b the care system was unknown for one participant
Secure, Secure attachment category; Preoccupied, Preoccupied attachment category; Fearful/Avoidant, Fearful/Avoidant attachment category; Dismissing/Avoidant, Dismissing/Avoidant attachment category; Outpatients, Patients attending public care service; Residentials, Patients attending the therapeutic community service.