From other studies a high percentage of avoidant patterns has been noted (Crittenden & Ainsworth 1989), while the percentage of disorganization patterns during adolescence remains higher than those related to avoidance (Neufeld Bailey et al. 2007; Webster et al. 2009).
It was not by chance that a study by Finzi, Har-Even, Shnit and Weizman (2002) observed, in the majority of abused children, a high percentage of avoidant patterns, accompanied by high levels of depression and suicidal symptoms.
39 40 59 The physical examination will involve analysis of the participants' primary functional impairments (eg, pain provocative, feared and/or avoided movements and functional tasks as reported during the interview), in order to identify maladaptive behaviours which include muscle guarding, 'abnormal' movements and postures, avoidant patterns and pain behaviours.
Monotonous routines can keep us stuck in reactive or avoidant patterns of behavior.
Further, a vigilant-avoidant pattern of attentional bias may represent a strategic attempt to compensate for the early activation of a fear response.
17 18 These same childhood behavioural problems are also associated with particular kinds of attachment insecurity namely, those in which the infant fails to treat the parent as a source of comfort and trust and instead either avoids contact with them when distressed (the avoidant insecure pattern) or else responds in a confused and dysregulated fashion (the disorganised attachment pattern).
However, when we have an anxious or avoidant attachment pattern, we may pick a partner who fits with this maladaptive pattern, and we will most likely be choosing someone who isn't the ideal choice to make us happy.
According to work by Pascal Vrticka, of the University of Geneva, people with what scientists call "avoidant attachment patterns" show less activation in the reward areas of the brain during social interaction.
Many marriages are characterized by defensive, avoidant behavioral patterns that diminish sensitivity to pain and promote a kind of numbness that makes suffering more tolerable.
According to Cloninger, harm avoidant reaction patterns have arisen from multifactorial phylogenetic mechanisms which in their 'optima' are advantageous to the adaptation and survival of the individual [ 20].
