Do attachment styles moderate reactions to pain catastrophizing
LE3 .A278 2009
2009
Holmberg, Diane
Acadia University
Bachelor of Science
Honours
Psychology
Effects of one partner’s support seeking on the other partner’s physiological and psychological well-being, and how attachment style moderates this relationship, was examined. Twenty couples completed a self-report measure assessing adult attachment styles and then came to the lab to participate in a supposed stressful/negative support interaction task, in which male partners pretended to be in pain. Male partners were directed to send both catastrophizing messages and pain ratings, or pain ratings only, to their partner, via MSN messenger. Findings indicated that women had poorer well-being when their partners catastrophized. In addition, higher attachment anxiety in the women was associated with poorer psychological well-being during the pain task, particularly in the message condition. Higher attachment avoidance was associated with poorer physiological and psychological well-being levels in the women, again, particularly in the message condition.
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