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Network analysis explored interactions between attachment styles (anxious and avoidant) and various cognitive-behavioral factors associated with PGD, including appraisals, memory characteristics, maladaptive coping strategies, and a sense of social disconnection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291725101669_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings reveal attachment styles as peripheral within the network, suggesting that their direct influence on PGD symptoms may be less central than previously theorized. However, anxious attachment correlated positively with injustice rumination and altered social self, while avoidant attachment was positively associated with perceived loss of future and relationships and preferences for solitude, and negatively associated with proximity-seeking behaviors and fear of losing connection to the deceased. Cognitive-behavioral factors, particularly memory characteristics and social disconnection, held central positions within the network, mediating relationships between attachment styles and PGD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291725101669_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Attachment styles indirectly influence PGD through cognitive-behavioral pathways rather than exerting strong direct effects. 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