TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment styles and secure base priming in relation to emotional reactivity after frustration induction
AU - Karreman, Annemiek
AU - Vingerhoets, Ad J. J M
AU - Bekker, Marrie H. J
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - In two experimental studies, we explored the role of attachment in predicting emotional reactivity after frustration induction. In the first study, using a cognitive frustration task, we examined in a college sample (N = 134) how attachment styles related to the experience and expression of emotions after frustration induction. In the second study, we investigated in college students (N = 198) the effect of conscious priming of the secure base schema on mood disturbance after the performance of a cognitive frustration task. Results showed that individuals experienced and expressed emotions after frustration induction independent of their attachment styles. Conscious priming of the secure base script attenuated self-reported emotional reactivity after frustration induction independent of individuals’ attachment styles. These findings suggest that the mechanism of attachment-related emotional reactivity might not pertain to frustration during an unsolvable cognitive task, but that the activation of the sense of having a secure base is useful in reducing mood disturbance in the context of a frustrating performance task.
AB - In two experimental studies, we explored the role of attachment in predicting emotional reactivity after frustration induction. In the first study, using a cognitive frustration task, we examined in a college sample (N = 134) how attachment styles related to the experience and expression of emotions after frustration induction. In the second study, we investigated in college students (N = 198) the effect of conscious priming of the secure base schema on mood disturbance after the performance of a cognitive frustration task. Results showed that individuals experienced and expressed emotions after frustration induction independent of their attachment styles. Conscious priming of the secure base script attenuated self-reported emotional reactivity after frustration induction independent of individuals’ attachment styles. These findings suggest that the mechanism of attachment-related emotional reactivity might not pertain to frustration during an unsolvable cognitive task, but that the activation of the sense of having a secure base is useful in reducing mood disturbance in the context of a frustrating performance task.
KW - Attachment styles
KW - emotional reactivity
KW - emotions
KW - frustration
KW - secure base schema
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U2 - 10.1080/02699931.2018.1458704
DO - 10.1080/02699931.2018.1458704
M3 - Article
C2 - 29623747
AN - SCOPUS:85045029579
SN - 0269-9931
VL - 33
SP - 428
EP - 441
JO - Cognition and Emotion
JF - Cognition and Emotion
IS - 3
ER -