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    CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT STYLES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM DISORDER
    (KINNAIRE COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, 0023-06-12) UMME IZZA BAJWA
    This study aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, attachment styles and psychological distress among patients diagnosed with Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder. It further examined the mediating role of attachment styles between childhood trauma and psychological distress. Correlational research design was used to conduct the study. A sample of female and male adult patients diagnosed with Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (N = 120), (Females = 108, Males = 12), between the ages of 14-65, (M= 26.7, SD= 6.30) was recruited from government and semi government hospitals across Lahore. All participants completed Childhood Traumatic Events Scale (Pennebaker & Sussman, 1987), The Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew & Shaver, 1990) and The 10-item Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress (Kessler et al., 2003). Results showed a significant positive relationship between the traumas of death of closed ones, divorce or separation in parents, sexual abuse, major upheaval in life and fearful, dismissive attachment styles and psychological distress. Psychological distress was found to have positive significant relationship with preoccupied attachment styles. It was also found that fearful, preoccupied and dismissive attachment styles mediated the relationship between least experienced domain of childhood trauma i.e. trauma of divorce/separation in parents and psychological distress. Findings from this study could emphasize the importance of early identification and intervention for individuals with a history of childhood trauma and insecure attachment styles.