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Kognitivno-afektivni mehanizmi kao faktori rizika u genezi psihopatologije kod osoba iz različitih stilova afektivnog vezivanja
Cognitive-Affective Mechanisms As Risk Factors In The Genesis Of Psychopathology In Persons With Different Attachment Styles

Author(s): Vesna Gavrilov Jerković, Sandra Čačić
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: attachment styles; beliefs; anxious thoughts; emotion-regulation strategies

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to identify irrational beliefs, anxious thoughts, and emotion-regulation strategies of individuals with different attachment styles as factors contributing to risk of, or protection against, the onset of pathology. The research was conducted in Sombor on the sample of 373 adults (221 in the non-clinical group and 142 in the clinical group). Research results confirm the regulatory function of attachment styles. Identifying general beliefs, anxious thoughts, and emotion-regulation strategies as treatable psychological concepts in subjects with different attachment styles provides a basis for clinical treatment planning as well as non-clinical prevention program planning, for the purpose of preventing the progression of psychopathology and strengthening the functional adaptive mechanisms.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 1209-1229
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Serbian