In two studies, we used a negative affective priming task with pictures of angry (Study 1), sad (Study 2), and happy faces (Studies 1 and 2) to measure attentional inhibition of emotional stimuli as a function of attachment style. Results showed that attachment avoidance was associated with a stronger inhibition of both angry and sad faces. This indicates that the regulatory strategies of avoid...

Up to the present, the relationship between Machiavellianism and adult attachment has remained a question to be answered in the psychological literature. That is why this study focused on the relationship between Machiavellianism and attachment towards significant others in general interpersonal relationships and in intimate-close relationships. Two attachment tests (Relationship Questionnaire ...

OBJECTIVE According to the stress and coping goodness of fit model, parents' risk for psychological symptoms was hypothesized to decrease as a function of using emotional regulation and problem appraisal strategies more frequently, and to increase as a function of using problem-solving and avoidant behaviors more frequently to cope with an uncontrollable stressor--pediatric cancer diagnosis. ...

This study examines the mediating effects of male dyadic adjustment on the relationships between attachment and attributional styles, and both psychological and physical husband violence. Based on data from 68 married violent men recruited through community organizations that work with violent men, regression analyses showed that husbands’ dyadic adjustment mediates the associations between avo...

We explored direct, mediated, and moderated associations between adult attachment style and marital satisfaction using a community-based sample of 73 married women. Continuous ratings of secure, avoidant, and ambivalent attachment styles were related to levels of marital satisfaction. However, psychological distress mediated the association between secure attachment and marital satisfaction, an...

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between attachment and satisfaction with partner relationship, considering mediating role emotional competences, taking into account influence gender, age, duration relationship. 265 Spanish youths (59.2% women) 18 36 years age a current participated in study. most relevant results indicate that subjects dismissive avoidant style show less sati...

Background and objectives: The current paper examined the relationship between problem solving ability and quality of life of mothers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children in Isfahan. Method & Materials: This is a descriptive correlational study.  Population consisted of mothers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children in Isfahan. Sample was selected from one autism center out of thre...

We took EEG recordings to measure task-free resting-state cortical brain activity in 35 participants under two conditions, alone (A) or together (T). We also investigated whether psychological attachment styles shape human cortical activity differently in these two settings. The results indicate that social context matters and that participants' cortical activity is moderated by the anxious, bu...