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Attachment and emotion regulation: changes in affect and vagal tone during stress

Movahed Abtahi, Mahsa
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-8358
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460972604

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, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
More securely attached children show better emotion regulation when assessed as general tendencies (e.g., coping style), but studies looking at emotion in response to specific stressors have revealed mixed results. This study examined how attachment security, avoidance, and ambivalence-- assessed with a story stem task ( 99 children, 9 – 11 years old)-- relates to dynamic indices of affective and autonomic responses (baseline, reactivity, recovery). Reports of positive and negative affect, and high frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), were assessed during a social stressor task. Securely attached children did not show reactivity effects, although they did show greater recovery of positive affect after the task ended. Avoidant children showed both less reactivity and recovery of negative affect, suggesting a dampened emotional response. Ambivalent children showed more reactivity and more recovery of negative affect. Autonomic response changes were only evident for ambivalent children, who showed less suppression of HF-HRV variability under stress.
Kathryn Kerns (Advisor)
Psychology
Attachment, Emotion regulation, Vagal tone, Stress

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  • Movahed Abtahi, M. (n.d.). Attachment and emotion regulation: changes in affect and vagal tone during stress [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460972604

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Movahed Abtahi, Mahsa. Attachment and emotion regulation: changes in affect and vagal tone during stress. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460972604.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Movahed Abtahi, Mahsa. "Attachment and emotion regulation: changes in affect and vagal tone during stress." Master's thesis, Kent State University. Accessed APRIL 20, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460972604

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