Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma: The mediating role of emotion-focused coping

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Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma: The mediating role of emotion-focused coping

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Two studies examined whether negative emotion-focused coping accounts for associations between attachment insecurity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS). Victims of physical or sexual assault (N Study1 = 71; N Study2 = 250) completed measures of attachment, negative emotion-focused coping, and PTS. Associations between attachment-avoidance and PTS were mediated by suppressive emotion-focused coping, and associations between attachment-anxiety and PTS were mediated by ruminative emotion-focused coping. Results replicated across two independent samples, but also supported a generalized view of the mediating processes involved.

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Anderson, G. T., & Kosloff, S. (2020). Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma: The mediating role of emotion-focused coping. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(2), 667–675. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519876989

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“Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma: The mediating role of emotion-focused coping,” Outstanding Faculty Publications, accessed November 21, 2024, https://facpub.library.fresnostate.edu/items/show/186.