Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life
The way in which attachment styles are expressed in the moment as individuals navigate their real-life settings has remained an area largely untapped by attachment research. The present study examined how adult attachment styles are expressed in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM)...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/185288 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00296 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Adult attachment Attachment Style Interview Experience sampling Ecological validity Individual differences |
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| author | Sheinbaum Frank, Tamara|||0000-0002-2268-7697 |
| author2 | Kwapil, Thomas|||0000-0003-1116-5954 Ballespí Sola, Sergi|||0000-0002-6584-4138 Mitjavila i Garcia, Mercè|||0000-0003-2390-3774 Chun, Charlotte A. Silvia, Paul J. Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238 |
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| author_browse | Ballespí Sola, Sergi|||0000-0002-6584-4138 Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238 Chun, Charlotte A. Kwapil, Thomas|||0000-0003-1116-5954 Mitjavila i Garcia, Mercè|||0000-0003-2390-3774 Sheinbaum Frank, Tamara|||0000-0002-2268-7697 Silvia, Paul J. |
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| description | The way in which attachment styles are expressed in the moment as individuals navigate their real-life settings has remained an area largely untapped by attachment research. The present study examined how adult attachment styles are expressed in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM) in a sample of 206 Spanish young adults. Participants were administered the Attachment Style Interview (ASI) and received personal digital assistants that signaled them randomly eight times per day for 1 week to complete questionnaires about their current experiences and social context. As hypothesized, participants' momentary affective states, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning varied in meaningful ways as a function of their attachment style. Individuals with an anxious attachment, as compared with securely attached individuals, endorsed experiences that were congruent with hyperactivating tendencies, such as higher negative affect, stress, and perceived social rejection. By contrast, individuals with an avoidant attachment, relative to individuals with a secure attachment, endorsed experiences that were consistent with deactivating tendencies, such as decreased positive states and a decreased desire to be with others when alone. Furthermore, the expression of attachment styles in social contexts was shown to be dependent upon the subjective appraisal of the closeness of social contacts, and not merely upon the presence of social interactions. The findings support the ecological validity of the ASI and the person-by-situation character of attachment theory. Moreover, they highlight the utility of ESM for investigating how the predictions derived from attachment theory play out in the natural flow of real life. |
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| spelling | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life Sheinbaum Frank, Tamara|||0000-0002-2268-7697 Kwapil, Thomas|||0000-0003-1116-5954 Ballespí Sola, Sergi|||0000-0002-6584-4138 Mitjavila i Garcia, Mercè|||0000-0003-2390-3774 Chun, Charlotte A. Silvia, Paul J. Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238 Adult attachment Attachment Style Interview Experience sampling Ecological validity Individual differences The way in which attachment styles are expressed in the moment as individuals navigate their real-life settings has remained an area largely untapped by attachment research. The present study examined how adult attachment styles are expressed in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM) in a sample of 206 Spanish young adults. Participants were administered the Attachment Style Interview (ASI) and received personal digital assistants that signaled them randomly eight times per day for 1 week to complete questionnaires about their current experiences and social context. As hypothesized, participants' momentary affective states, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning varied in meaningful ways as a function of their attachment style. Individuals with an anxious attachment, as compared with securely attached individuals, endorsed experiences that were congruent with hyperactivating tendencies, such as higher negative affect, stress, and perceived social rejection. By contrast, individuals with an avoidant attachment, relative to individuals with a secure attachment, endorsed experiences that were consistent with deactivating tendencies, such as decreased positive states and a decreased desire to be with others when alone. Furthermore, the expression of attachment styles in social contexts was shown to be dependent upon the subjective appraisal of the closeness of social contacts, and not merely upon the presence of social interactions. The findings support the ecological validity of the ASI and the person-by-situation character of attachment theory. Moreover, they highlight the utility of ESM for investigating how the predictions derived from attachment theory play out in the natural flow of real life. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/185288 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00296 |
| spellingShingle | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life Sheinbaum Frank, Tamara|||0000-0002-2268-7697 Adult attachment Attachment Style Interview Experience sampling Ecological validity Individual differences |
| title | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| title_full | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| title_fullStr | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| title_short | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| title_sort | Attachment style predicts affect, cognitive appraisals, and social functioning in daily life |
| topic | Adult attachment Attachment Style Interview Experience sampling Ecological validity Individual differences |
| topic_facet | Adult attachment Attachment Style Interview Experience sampling Ecological validity Individual differences |
| url | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/185288 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00296 |