Activation of the attachment system in adulthood
Threat-related primes increase the accessibility of mental representations of attachment figures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mario Mikulincer (0000-0003-3639-0146, Bar-Ilan University), Omri Gillath (0000-0001-8791-227X, Bar-Ilan University), P R Shaver (0000-0003-2578-2777, California Department of Education) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 881-895 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.83.4.881 |
| OpenAlex | W2007336370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 203 |
| References cited | 38 |
Three studies explored the effects of subliminal threat on the activation of representations of attachment figures. This accessibility was measured in a lexical decision task and a Stroop task following threat- or neutral-word primes, and was compared with the accessibility of representations of other close persons, known but not close persons, and unknown persons. Participants also reported on their attachment style. Threat primes led to increased accessibility of representations of attachment figures. This effect was specific to attachment figures and was replicated across tasks and experiments. Attachment anxiety heightened accessibility of representations of attachment figures even in neutral contexts, whereas attachment avoidance inhibited this activation when the threat prime was the word separation. These effects were not, explained by trait anxiety. The discussion focuses on the dynamics of attachment-system activation in adulthood
Attachment theory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Lexical decision task · Mental representation · Prime (order theory) · Stroop effect · Subliminal stimuli · Trait · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 203 |
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| Citations per year | 8,46 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 184 |