APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Accessibility of Attachment Figures in Third Person Self-Talk
- Elizabeth Yartsev
University of California Berkeley - Ozlem Ayduk
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
We explored whether 3rd person self-talk facilitates emotion regulation by activating internalized voices of attachment figures. We found that 3rd person (vs. 1st person) self-talk about stressful events did not predict subsequent accessibility of attachment figures. However, 3rd person self-talk inhibited representations of attachment figures for insecurely attached individuals.
Emotion
