Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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902399 | Behaviour Research and Therapy | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We examined selective attention to threat stimuli as a function of individual differences in adult attachment. Participants completed a dot-probe task in which a general threat word, attachment-related threat word, general positive or attachment-related positive word was presented together with a neutral word. Results showed that attachment anxiety and avoidance were associated with an attentional bias away from attachment threat words. This attentional avoidance effect was best predicted by the interaction between attachment anxiety and avoidance and not by their unique main effects. The findings are discussed in terms of attachment theory and its relation to attentional biases observed in psychopathology.
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Authors
Marieke Dewitte, Ernst H.W. Koster, Jan De Houwer, Ann Buysse,