| Working models of attachment to parents and partners: implications for emotional behavior between partners. | |
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PMID: 20001148 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This study examined whether working models of attachment are associated with observed positive emotion, sadness, and anger during marital conflict. Individuals (n = 176) from a longitudinal study of families participated in the current cross-sectional study. Narrative interviews assessed the unique and combined contribution of attachment representations based on parents (adult attachment) and partner (couple attachment). The influence of partner's attachment, depression symptoms, and sex of participant was also examined. Hierarchical linear models demonstrated that one's couple attachment security predicts one's observed positive emotion, whereas the partner's couple attachment security predicts one's observed negative emotion. Partner's depression symptoms moderated the effects of partner's couple attachment. Adult attachment was not related to observed emotional behavior between partners. These findings have important clinical implications for individual, couple, and family therapy. |
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Authors:
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Neera Mehta; Philip A Cowan; Carolyn P Cowan |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) Volume: 23 ISSN: 1939-1293 ISO Abbreviation: J Fam Psychol Publication Date: 2009 Dec |
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Created Date: 2009-12-16 Completed Date: 2010-03-19 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8802265 Medline TA: J Fam Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 895-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, USA. neera@northwestern.edu |
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Adult Affect* Child Family Therapy Female Humans Male Marriage / psychology Object Attachment* Parent-Child Relations* Parents / psychology* Social Behavior* |
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