The Study of Main and Interactive Effects of Attachment and Personality Dimensions in Schizotypal Syndromes

Introduction: This study investigated main and interactional effects of attachment styles and personality traits in relation to schizotypal syndrome. Method: The current study was conducted in expo fact context. Randomly selected 603 participants (134 male  469 female) from Tabriz Payame Nour and Azad universities and Sarab Payame Nour university students took part in this research. Participants answered to Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire- Brief (SPQ-B), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised, Short form (EPQ-RS) and Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI). Data were analyzed using two way analysis of variance methods. Results: Results indicate main effects of attachment styles and personality traits, so, individual with avoidant and ambivalent insecure attachment experience more intensity of schizotypal syndrome than individual with secure attachment. Individual with high psychoticism and neuroticism traits experience more intensity of schizotypal syndrome than individual with extraversion personality traits. Also, there are no interactional effects of attachment styles and personality traits in relation to schizotypal syndrome. Conclusion: These findings reiterate contribution of childhood risk factors in developing schizophrenia-related spectrum disorders, especially in children with emotionally vulnerability.