Early maladaptive schemas in most recent dreams: Core fears never sleep

Simard, Valérie; Laverdière, Olivier; Bédard, Marie-Michèle; Brassard, Claudia; Merlo-Galeazzi, Hector

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“…Accordingly, these EMSs were thought of as a window to a more precise, conscious, and cognitive facet of insecure attachment representations in dreams of youths (Beck, 2002;Platts et al, 2002). Furthermore, such continuity was found in the sample of adults in Simard et al (2021), and more precisely on the EMS Abandonment/Instability. This discrepancy with our results adds to the idea that a developmental process impacting dream content is at work during childhood and adolescence.…”

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“…The cost and complexity of administering and coding valid measures of attachment representations in childhood (e.g., judge-rated story completion or interview narratives), as well as the inexistence of an attachment coding system for children's dreams, may account for this dearth of research. Alternatively, some authors have suggested that attachment-related content may be more easily captured by the identification of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs), which are precise negative beliefs presumed to develop in the context of the early family environment (Young et al, 2003); and which have been found in dreams of adults (Simard et al, 2021).…”

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“…Akin to attachment representations, EMSs are considered organizers of the mind (Bowlby, 1969(Bowlby, / 1982Hoermann et al, n.d.;McNamara et al, 2011), and this confers their maximum influence on the dreaming mind (e.g., Beck, 2002). Following this assumption, one study explored the cross-state (waking to dreaming) correspondence of EMSs in a sample of adult participants (Simard et al, 2021) and revealed that the waking score of the EMS Abandonment/Instability (i.e., the fear that close others will leave and are unreliable to attend needs) predicted the presence of this same EMS in the most recent dream. This finding led the authors to suggest that core fears related to attachment (e.g., abandonment anxiety) were more continuous through states of consciousness than other types of EMSs (e.g., related to other domains and core needs such as autonomy, self-control, or spontaneity).…”

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“…Schemas-in-Dreams Coding System. The Schemas-in-Dreams Coding System (SDCS) was adapted by the first author, M.-M. Bédard, from the EMS dream scoring system developed for adults (see Simard et al, 2021). The SDCS includes nine pages of precisions on how to detect the 18 EMSs defined by schema therapy (Young et al, 2003) in dreams of youths.…”

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Attachment representations and early maladaptive schemas in children’s and adolescents’ dreams: A pilot study.

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Laverdière³

2021

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Based on the attachment promotion hypothesis of dreaming, this study explored the wake-to-dream continuity of youths' attachment representations and early maladaptive schemas. A total of 19 children and adolescents (12 boys; M = 11.8 years, SD = 2.1) were administered the Child Attachment Interview and completed the self-reported Schema Inventory for Children. They were provided a digital audio recorder to report their dreams for 14 consecutive days. Data from 95 dreams (M = 5 per participant, SD = 2.6) were collected. Dream coding systems were developed to assess attachment-and schema-related content. Bootstrapped correlations were conducted between waking scores and the highest dream-derived scores. In addition, a cluster analysis of dreamswith a subsequent inclusion of the waking scores-was conducted for each participant. The results showed that security-related waking scores were linked to insecurity-related dreaming scores (dismissingness). Conversely, insecurity-related waking scores (dismissingness) were negatively linked to security-related dreaming scores. Security-related waking scores accounted significantly for the merging of the waking attachment profile to a cluster of dreams. No wake-to-dream association was found for attachment-related schemas (Disconnection and Rejection domain). Because dreams depict more insecure than secure attachment-related content, they may function to rehearse different attachment strategies. However, attachment security showed wake-to-dream continuity through cluster analysis, which might be a way to consolidate, in addition to a way to test or improve, attachment representations in childhood and adolescence. Implications for the hypothesized dream functions of attachment promotion, emotion regulation, and threat simulation are discussed.

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Attachment representations and early maladaptive schemas in children’s and adolescents’ dreams: A pilot study.

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Laverdière³

2021

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“…Defenses against or reluctance to explore significant relational experiences may constitute a serious obstacle in the early phases of psychotherapy, with the clinicians’ insistent interventions running the risk of heightening the resistance or precipitating a rupture. In such a context, less threatening approaches could be beneficial, such as identifying relational representations in dreams (Simard, Laverdière, Bédard, Brassard, & Merlo‐Galeazzi, ).…”

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Attachment assessment in clinical practice: Factor structure of the attachment questionnaire

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Objective: Attachment theory is of great relevance to psychotherapy process and outcome. The labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of attachment codification impedes its widespread use in clinical practice. The Attachment Questionnaire (AQ), a clinician-rated instrument, was developed to address these limitations. However, the status of validation of the AQ remains preliminary. The objective of this study is to further validate the AQ by evaluating its factor structure and convergent validity. Methods: To this end, 389 psychotherapists completed the AQ and assessed patients' personality disorders and level of functioning. Results: Factor analyses revealed that a five-factor solution provided a better fit than the original four-factor solution. The additional factor, inhibited exploration, captured difficulties in open, nondefensive, exploration of memories and their effects. Correlations between AQ factors and criterion variables support the convergent validity of the AQ. Conclusions: These results are discussed in light of patients' characteristics and recent advances in attachment research. K E Y W O R D S attachment, clinical assessment, clinician-rated measure, factor structure, personality disorders J. Clin. Psychol. 2019;75:546-561. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jclp 546 |

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Children’s separation anxiety and nightmare frequency, distress, and separation-related content

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Early maladaptive schemas in most recent dreams: Core fears never sleep

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Attachment representations and early maladaptive schemas in children’s and adolescents’ dreams: A pilot study.

Attachment representations and early maladaptive schemas in children’s and adolescents’ dreams: A pilot study.

Attachment assessment in clinical practice: Factor structure of the attachment questionnaire

Children’s separation anxiety and nightmare frequency, distress, and separation-related content

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