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Sezin Oner & Sami Gulgoz Koc University Istanbul , Turkey

The role of attachment representations on the phenomenology of relationship-specific autobiographical memories . Sezin Oner & Sami Gulgoz Koc University Istanbul , Turkey. Attachment theory ( Bowlby , 1080) Internal working models develop from interactions with

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Sezin Oner & Sami Gulgoz Koc University Istanbul , Turkey

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  1. The role of attachment representations on the phenomenology of relationship-specific autobiographical memories Sezin Oner & Sami Gulgoz KocUniversity Istanbul,Turkey SARMAC X, 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands

  2. Attachmenttheory(Bowlby, 1080) • Internalworkingmodelsdevelopfrominteractionswith • “significantothers” and form therelationalschemasthatact as mentalcodes. • Attachment-behavioralsystem: “fromthecradletograve”, • Guideindividuals’ information-processingand self-regulation in relationalexperiences.

  3. Attachmentbehavior (By R. ChrisFraley, copiedfromhttp://internal.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm)

  4. CurrentResearch • Goal: Toinvestigatethe role of attachmentanxiety/attachmentavoidance in howwerememberrelationalexperiences. • Attachmentanxiety • “hyperactivating” self regulationstrategy – underrregulation of affect Hypothesis: It is associatedwithhigherreliving, higherrehearsal, higheremotionality • Attachmentavoidance • “deactivating” behavioralregulationstrategy – overregulation of affect Hypothesis: It is associatedwithlessreliving, lessrehearsal, andlessemotionality

  5. Method • Participants (N =112) wererecruitedfromKocUniversity in exchangeforcoursecredit • Participantswereexcludedifthey • have not beeninvolved in anyromanticrelationship (N = 8) • did not provideappropriateautobiographialmemoryreport (N = 10)

  6. Method Allthemeasureswerecompleted online in thelab. • Experiences in CloseRelationships-II (ECR-II) • Attachmentanxietyandattachmentavoidance • Demographicinformation • Relationshipstatus • Areyoucurrently in a romanticrelationship? • Ifyeshowlong? • If no, haveyoubeen in anyromanticrelationship? • Ifyes, howlongago?

  7. Method • Askedtoreport a negativememorythattheyexperienced in theirromanticrelationships • MemoryCharacteristicsQuestionnaire • Toassesseventqualities at retrievalsuch as intensity, vividness, visual perspective, importance, rehearsal.

  8. SampleOverview

  9. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? Predictors • Attachmentanxiety (Att_Anx) • Attachmentavoidance (Att_Avo) • Interactionbtw. Att_Anx & Att_Avo Dependentvariables • Emotionalintensity • Reliving • Involuntaryremembering • Voluntaryremembering • Importance • Consequentiality • Self-relatedness • Reality • Time since event • Stepwiseregressionanalyseswith;

  10. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? • Emotionality (Emotionalintensity at the time of theevent)

  11. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? • Reliving

  12. Involuntaryremembering • Voluntaryremembering (Thinking + Talking)

  13. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? • Importance

  14. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? • Time since event

  15. Howdoesattachmentstyleinfluencememoryphenomenology? On the contrary to our predictions, attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were not significant in predicting: • Emotional intensitiy at the time of retrieval • Consequentiality • Self-relatedness • Reality • Confidence for the exact timing of the event

  16. Discussion • Attachmentanxietyandattachmentavoidancewerefoundto be associatedwithhowwerememberexperiences in romanticrelationships. • Not allmemorycharacteristicsareinfluenced! • Attachmentdimensionshaveratherdifferentialeffects on eachmemorycharacteristic.

  17. Discussion • Individualswithhighattachmentanxietytendtoreport • morereliving • moreinvoluntaryremembering • morevoluntaryrehearsal • Individualswithhighattachmentavoidancetendtoreport • lessintenseemotions at the time of theevent • lessinvoluntaryremembering • lessvoluntaryrehearsal • lessimportanceattributedtotheevent • earliermemories

  18. Questionsforfutureresearch • Is theeffectsimilarforpositivelyvalancedmemories? • Doesreportingorderinfluencetheeffect of attachmentanxietyor/andattachmentavoidance? • Doestheemotionalstate at retrievalelevate/decreasetheinfluence of attachmentanxiety vs. attachmentavoidance? • Areexecutiveresourcesallocateddifferently in individualswithdifferentattachmentstyles?

  19. Questions & Comments? For any questions, suggestions, please email to: seoner@ku.edu.tr

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