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Attachment and memory for negative emotional events
dc.creator | Wilson, Carol Leigh | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:19:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:19:32Z | |
dc.date.created | 2002 | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-W353 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-44). | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This research study examined the relationship between romantic attachment orientation and memory (explicit and implicit) for a negative, emotional film clip depicting attachment-relevant interactions. Two defensive information-processing strategies previously studied with respect to memory performance, expressive-suppression and cognitive reappraisal (Gross, 2001; Gross, & Levenson, 1993; Richards & Gross, 2000), were examined with respect to attachment avoidance as measured by the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ: Simpson, Rholes, & Phillips, 1996). One hundred thirty-eight undergraduate students at Texas A&M University participated in the study. In contrast to previous findings showing a negative relationship between avoidance and explicit memory (e.g., Fraley, Garner, & Shaver, 2000), highly avoidant participants in the current study displayed significantly better recall of film details than did less avoidant participants. A main effect for sex indicated that females displayed better recall for film details relative to males. Consistent with hypotheses, highly avoidant participants reported engaging in defensive information-processing strategies, specifically expressive-suppression, to a greater extent in general than did low avoidant individuals. However, highly avoidant individuals did not engage in defensive strategies in the current study to a greater extent than did less avoidant individuals. Also contrary to expectations, no evidence was found for the hypothesized avoidance by expressive-suppression interaction. Finally, it was predicted that no significant differences would emerge for the impact of attachment on implicit memory, measured by performance on a word-stem completion task. However, an interaction between avoidance and sex emerged. Highly avoidant males displayed better implicit recall for the film clip than did low avoidant males, while highly avoidant females displayed worse implicit memory relative to low avoidant females. Findings are discussed with respect to attachment theory and to differences between the present study and Fraley et al.'s research design. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | psychology. | en |
dc.subject | Major psychology. | en |
dc.title | Attachment and memory for negative emotional events | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | psychology | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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