Adult Attachment Style and Anxiety – the mediating role of emotion regulation

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 218; pp. 253 - 259
• Main Authors: Nielsen, Sara Kerstine Kaya, Lønfeldt, Nicole, Wolitzky-Taylor, Kate B, Hageman, Ida, Vangkilde, Signe, Daniel, Sarah Ingrid Franksdatter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Adult attachment style; Affective Symptoms - psychology; Anxiety disorders; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Female; Humans; Male; Mediation analysis; Object Attachment; Personality Inventory; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; adult attachment style; emotion regulation; mediation analysis; anxiety disorders; Adult attachment style; Anxiety disorders; Emotion regulation; Mediation analysis

Abstract Background Although there is substantial evidence for the role of emotion regulation in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders, knowledge about what contributes to emotion dysregulation is sparse. Attachment style is related to emotion regulation and anxiety symptoms, but these v...