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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Sensitivity, self-esteem, and affective dependence

As demonstrated in this study, high SPS is a vulnerability Ethics approval and consent to participate
factor in the development of affective dependence, with
higher sensitivity associated with higher dependence scores. The study and research protocol was approved by the Ethics
At the same time, indirect links between these two variables Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects of the
have been established in the literature, mainly through Universities of Tours and Poitiers (CER-TP) (number
various factors. Among these, attachment style stands out December 05, 2023). Participants were invited to answer
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as particularly relevant. Branjerdporn et al. have shown a questionnaire hosted online on the Sphinx platform
a correlation between SPS and attachment style, especially and were informed that their answers would remain
anonymous and confidential. Participants were informed
with anxious and avoidant attachment. Petruccelli et al. of the aims of the study and consented to participate.
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confirmed the influence of attachment style (secure, fearful,
dismissive, and ambivalent/disorganized) on affective Consent for publication
dependence and have shown that insecure attachment
(anxious, avoidant, or ambivalent/disorganized) contributes The elements relating to publication were set out in the
to the development of affective dependence. These three Information Notice. Participants provided their consent
variables – SPS, attachment style, and affective dependence for the data to be published.
– appear to interact, forming a triangular relationship. This
raises an intriguing new hypothesis: Could the effect of SPS Availability of data
on affective dependence found in our study be partially Data are available on request to the corresponding author.
explained, or possibly moderated, by the attachment style of
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