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dc.contributor.authorClear, Sarah J
dc.contributor.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-13T01:37:12Z
dc.date.available2017-06-13T01:37:12Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0165-0254
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0165025415620057
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/337821
dc.description.abstractAttachment theory and previous research on emotion regulation (ER) suggest that ER will be associated with adult attachment orientation, with the expectation of different associations of attachment avoidance, anxiety, and security with specific ER patterns. In addition, research has shown that the emotion under consideration and the context may matter to patterns of ER and associations between attachment and ER. In the present study, we examined associations between attachment representations, and emotion specific (sadness, worry, and anger) ER among late adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 23 years (M = 19.6, SD = 1.58). In addition, to consider context, participants were randomly assigned to report ER following insecurity priming or no priming. Participants were 383 (181 male, 202 female) students who completed a self-report questionnaire. As expected, multivariate regression results examining all attachment orientations simultaneously showed that attachment anxiety was associated with greater dysregulation (sadness, worry, and anger), but also more anger suppression. In contrast, attachment avoidance was associated with greater suppression (sadness and worry), but also more anger dysregulation. Attachment security was associated with less dysregulation (sadness, worry, and anger), and less sadness and worry suppression. Finally, sadness and anger dysregulation were higher when reported after insecurity priming compared to the standard no prime condition, but few associations between attachment orientations and ER were moderated by condition. The results suggest that individuals’ attachment representations are associated with ER, with security a benefit to adaptive ER, and anxiety and avoidance playing different roles in maladaptive ER for different emotions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom64
dc.relation.ispartofpageto73
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Behavioral Development
dc.relation.ispartofvolume41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChild and adolescent development
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleAssociations between attachment and emotion-specific emotion regulation with and without relationship insecurity priming
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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