openalexbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026-07-23
Secure Attachment despite Childhood Maltreatment: Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Interpersonal Resilience
Katharina Brosch, Vincent Hammes, Paula Usemann, Frederike Stein, Sunny X. Tang, Rebecca M. Schwartz, et al.
Background: Childhood maltreatment is a traumatic interpersonal stressor that increases vulnerability for depression in adulthood. However, some individuals show secure attachment despite childhood maltreatment, a pattern that can be described as interpersonal resilience. The pre…