Autobiographical Memory Phenomenology and Content Mediate Attachment Style and Psychological Distress

Autor/inn/en	Sutin, Angelina R.; Gillath, Omri
Titel	Autobiographical Memory Phenomenology and Content Mediate Attachment Style and Psychological Distress
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56 (2009) 3, S.351-364 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0014917
Schlagwörter	Security (Psychology); Rhetoric; Attachment Behavior; Memory; Phenomenology; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Intimacy; Cues; Emotional Disturbances + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Rhetorik; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Gedächtnis; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Angst; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Intimität; Stichwort; Gefühlsstörung
Abstract	In 2 studies, the present research tested the phenomenology and content of autobiographical memory as distinct mediators between attachment avoidance and anxiety and depressive symptoms. In Study 1, participants (N = 454) completed measures of attachment and depressive symptoms in 1 session and retrieved and rated 2 self-defining memories of romantic relationships in a separate session. In Study 2, participants (N = 534) were primed with attachment security, attachment insecurity, or a control prime and then retrieved and rated a self-defining relationship memory. Memory phenomenology, specifically memory coherence and emotional intensity, mediated the association between attachment avoidance and depressive symptoms, whereas the negative affective content of the memory mediated the association between attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms. Priming attachment security led to retrieval of a more coherent relationship memory, whereas insecurity led to the retrieval of a more incoherent relationship memory. Discussion focuses on the construction and recollection of memories as underlying mechanisms of adult attachment and psychological distress, the importance of memory coherence, and the implications for counseling research and practice. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10