Declaration University of Edinburgh / Nhs (scotland) Clinical Psychology Training Programme Handbook Full Time / Flexible Training Option Declaration of Own Work Title of Work: the Association between Attachment and Schizotypy

...........................................................................................................10 CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................11 1.1.1 Overview of the Introduction Chapter .....................................................................................11 1.1.2 Categorical and Dimensional Approaches to Psychological Disorders ...................................11 1.2.1 Schizophrenia ...........................................................................................................................14 1.3.1 Schizophrenia as a Categorical Disorder .................................................................................16 1.3.2 Schizophrenia as a Categorical Disorder distinct from Affective Disorders ...........................17 1.3.3 Schizophrenia as a Categorical Disorder distinct from „Normal Health‟ ................................19 1.3.4 Psychosis as a Continuum Epidemiological Evidence ..........................................................21 1.3.5 Dimensional Conceptualisation of Schizophrenia/Psychosis: Implications for Aetiology .....26 1.3.6 Dimensional Conceptualisation of Schizophrenia: Implications for Current Study ................27 1.4.1 Attachment Theory ..................................................................................................................31 1.4.2 Attachment across the Lifespan ...............................................................................................33 1.5.1 Attachment, Emotional/Affect Regulation and Psychopathology ...........................................38 1.5.2 Depression and Affect Regulation ...........................................................................................41 1.5.3 Attachment, Affect Regulation and Psychosis.........................................................................43 1.6.1 Attachment and Schizotypy .....................................................................................................45 1.7.1 Scientific Justification for the Current Study...........................................................................50 1.8.1 Hypotheses of the Current Study .............................................................................................53 1.8.2 Primary Hypothesis......................................................................................53 1.8.3 Secondary Hypothesis...................................................................................53