Liu, Liang; Cohen, Shiri; Schulz, Marc S.; Waldinger, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 9, pp. 1436-1443
Research in the U.S. has shown strong connections between insecure attachment in close relationships and somatization … insecure attachment and somatization was partially mediated by anger proneness for men and by anger suppression for women … turn fosters somatization. For women, findings suggest that insecure attachment may influence adult levels of somatization …