Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma

The mediating role of emotion-focused coping

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ID11470010
AuthorsGabrial T Anderson (0000-0002-0726-5066, Virginia Tech, corresponding author), Spee Kosloff (Department of Psychology, California State University, USA)
Year2020
Volume37
Issue2
Pages667-675
Publication date2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0265407519876989
OpenAlexW2976171443
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

Two studies examined whether negative emotion-focused coping accounts for associations between attachment insecurity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS). Victims of physical or sexual assault ( N Study1 = 71; N Study2 = 250) completed measures of attachment, negative emotion-focused coping, and PTS. Associations between attachment-avoidance and PTS were mediated by suppressive emotion-focused coping, and associations between attachment-anxiety and PTS were mediated by ruminative emotion-focused coping. Results replicated across two independent samples, but also supported a generalized view of the mediating processes involved

Anxiety · Attachment theory · Coping (psychology · Insecure attachment · Interpersonal communication · Psychiatry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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