Maier, Markus A. and Bernier, A. and Pekrun, R. and Zimmermann, Peter and Strasser, Karin and Grossmann, Klaus E. (2005) Attachment state of mind and perceptual processing of emotional stimuli. ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 7 (1). pp. 67-81. ISSN 1461-6734, 1469-2988
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between attachment state of mind and perceptual processing of social and non-social, affective, and neutral material. A total of 57 young adults completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) plus an experimental task in which their perceptual thresholds to different types of pictures were assessed. Significant correlations were found between the AAI dimensions and perceptual thresholds for social stimuli such as social interactions or human faces displaying emotional expressions. As expected, no relationships were found between the AAI and perception of neutral stimuli. The pattern of correlations was especially clear for the dismissing dimension. The results suggest that higher vigilance to social stimuli is related to dismissing attachment tendencies and, to a milder degree, to preoccupied tendencies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ADULT ATTACHMENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; INTERVIEW; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; PATTERNS; THREAT; STRATEGIES; MOTHER; INFANT; attachment state of mind; perception; perceptual vigilance; perceptual defense |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Alumni or Retired Professors > Prof. Dr. Klaus Grossmann |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2021 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2021 09:55 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/36387 |
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