The differential roles of early emotion socialization and adult attachment in adult emotional experience: Testing a mediator hypothesis |
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| Authors: | Carol Magai Nathan Consedine Michael Gillespie Colleen O'Neal Ronitte Vilker |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;2. Institute of Parenting, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USAjuasolomon@gmail.com;4. Department of Behavioral Biology, Konrad Lorenz Research Station, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;5. Department of Special Education, Institut für Sonderp?dagogische Entwicklungsf?rderung und Rehabilitation, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany;6. College of Professional and Continuing Education, WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Leicestershire, UK |
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| Abstract: | The goal of the present study was to model the relations among self-reported early emotion socialization, adult attachment styles, and positive and negative adult emotion experiences in younger (mean age — 28) and older (mean age — 74) adults. Using structural equation modeling, we found that reports of early emotion socialization had both direct and indirect effects (the latter mediated by attachment style) on adult emotional experiences. There was also some support for the expectation that age would interact with emotion socialization in the effect on adult emotions. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding how attachment and emotion relate across the lifespan. |
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| Keywords: | Attachment sensitivity temperament strange situation dog |
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