ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Title: Distinct Influence of Maternal and Paternal Attachment in Recalling Family Conflicts

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Asya Algan
    Kadir Has University
  • Barış Kaan Ok
    Kadir Has University
  • Serap Özlü
    Boğaziçi University
  • Nurbanu Akdag
    Kadir Has University
  • Sezin Öner
    Kadir Has University

Abstract

Present study examined whether maternal and paternal attachment differentially influence autobiographical recollection across gender. We focused on memories of a highly intense family conflict. and demonstrated that while maternal attachment anxiety and avoidance and psychological distance of events predicted reliving for females, only maternal avoidance was significant for males.

Memory