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dc.contributor.authorSochos, Antigonosen_GB
dc.contributor.authorTsalta, Assien_GB
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-13T08:43:01Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T08:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.identifier.citationSochos, A. & Tsalta, A. (2008) Depressiogenic cognition and insecure attachment: A motivational hypothesis, 8(2), 157-170, International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapyen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1577-7057
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/251916
dc.description.abstractA number of studies suggest that dysfunctional and depressiogenic cognitive styles have their origin in insecure attachment relationships between child and caregiver and may be further consolidated in unsupportive adult relationships. A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify potential associations among preoccupied and fearful attachment styles, recollections of parental caregiving, and three types of dysfunctional cognition. The findings confirmed the hypotheses that preoccupied and fearful attachment in adult relationships, as well as problematic caregiving in childhood, were associated with depressiogenic and other dysfunctional cognition, most notably generalisation. A motivational hypothesis of cognitive dysfunction is discussed: generalisation may constitute a sub-optimal mechanism of achieving stability in a precarious attachment representation at the cost of increasing vulnerability to depression.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAsociación de Análisis del Comportamientoen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ijpsy.com/volumen8/num2/192.htmlen_GB
dc.subjectattachmenten_GB
dc.subjectdepressiogenic cognitionen_GB
dc.subjectgeneralisationen_GB
dc.subjectpreoccupieden_GB
dc.subjectfearfulen_GB
dc.subjectdysfunctional cognitionen_GB
dc.subjectdepressionen_GB
dc.titleDepressiogenic cognition and insecure attachment: a motivational hypothesisen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapyen_GB
html.description.abstractA number of studies suggest that dysfunctional and depressiogenic cognitive styles have their origin in insecure attachment relationships between child and caregiver and may be further consolidated in unsupportive adult relationships. A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify potential associations among preoccupied and fearful attachment styles, recollections of parental caregiving, and three types of dysfunctional cognition. The findings confirmed the hypotheses that preoccupied and fearful attachment in adult relationships, as well as problematic caregiving in childhood, were associated with depressiogenic and other dysfunctional cognition, most notably generalisation. A motivational hypothesis of cognitive dysfunction is discussed: generalisation may constitute a sub-optimal mechanism of achieving stability in a precarious attachment representation at the cost of increasing vulnerability to depression.


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