Emotion regulation strategies and the two-dimensional model of adult attachment: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emotion Regulation plays a crucial role in human's daily lives. Extensive research has shown that people with different attachment orientations exhibit divergencies in how they perform emotion regulation strategies.

Methods

44 adults performed an experimental emotion regulation task in which they were instructed to attend, reappraise, or suppress their emotions while viewing negative and neutral images taken from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). Afterward, participants rated valence, arousal, and emotional dominance elicited by the images. Additionally, attachment orientations were measured using the ECR-12 questionnaire.

Results

Results showed a relationship between attachment avoidance and the level of arousal during the reappra

SUBMITTER: Domic-Siede M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10359990 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature