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Attachment orientations, emotion goals, and emotion regulation.
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ABSTRACT: While research has linked attachment to emotion regulation (ER), little is known about associations between
attachment and what individuals want to feel (i.e., emotion goals), something that has been found to influence
ER strategy choice. In this study, we examined the links between attachment, emotion goals, and emotion
regulation. A total of 605 participants from the community were included. They filled out self-report scales on
attachment, emotion goals, and ER strategies. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Direct
effects showed a link between attachment avoidance and fewer pro-hedonic goals, more suppression and fewer
emotion communication, and between attachment anxiety and fewer pro-hedonic goals, more pro-social, performance, and impression management goals, and more suppression and rumination. Indirect effects showed that
attachment avoidance was associated with less emotion communication and positive reappraisal and more
suppression through fewer pro-hedonic goals. Attachment anxiety was associated with more rumination and
more suppression through fewer impression management goals; attachment anxiety was also associated with
more suppression through fewer pro-hedonic goals and more performance goals. These findings highlight the
role of attachment as an important antecedent of emotion goals.
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Attachment Emotion goals Emotion regulation
Citation
Brandão, T., Brites, R., Hipólito, J., & Nunes, O. (2023). Attachment orientations, emotion goals, and emotion regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 204 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.112059
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Elsevier BV