Contextual influences on the attachment script; a quasi-experimental study on the effect of activated symptoms of depression on scriptedness
(2022) PSPR14 20221Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to explore the outcome of a priming activation on the assessment of the attachment script measured by the prompt-word method, as means of testing the robustness of the attachment script, to contextual factors. A quasi-experimental, counterbalanced design was utilised, involving two versions of a self-report measure-based survey distributed on social media. Participants (N=179) filled in self-report measures of depression and anxiety in between conducting two prompt-word attachment script assessment assignments. Our results showed that priming in the form of questions regarding symptoms of depression and anxiety affected participants’ attachment script assessment, although the effect was just below significance and... (More)
- The aim of this study was to explore the outcome of a priming activation on the assessment of the attachment script measured by the prompt-word method, as means of testing the robustness of the attachment script, to contextual factors. A quasi-experimental, counterbalanced design was utilised, involving two versions of a self-report measure-based survey distributed on social media. Participants (N=179) filled in self-report measures of depression and anxiety in between conducting two prompt-word attachment script assessment assignments. Our results showed that priming in the form of questions regarding symptoms of depression and anxiety affected participants’ attachment script assessment, although the effect was just below significance and with a small effect size. Furthermore, we found a significant difference between the two narrative assignments for attachment script assessment, suggesting that different narrative assignments may be differentially susceptible to contextual influences and activated competing processes. The results contribute knowledge related to implicit processing, in particular regarding the assessment of attachment scripts through the narrative-based prompt-word method. Furthermore, results further our understanding of how contextual factors, such as the awareness of one’s depressive symptoms, might affect the retrieval of the attachment script. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson Wulkan, Lina LU and Stenberg, Isabel LU
- supervisor
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- Elia Psouni LU
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Attachment script, secure base script, priming, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, postnatal, SBST, ASA
- language
- English
- id
- 9083713
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- 2022-06-07 15:21:55
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@misc{9083713, abstract = {{The aim of this study was to explore the outcome of a priming activation on the assessment of the attachment script measured by the prompt-word method, as means of testing the robustness of the attachment script, to contextual factors. A quasi-experimental, counterbalanced design was utilised, involving two versions of a self-report measure-based survey distributed on social media. Participants (N=179) filled in self-report measures of depression and anxiety in between conducting two prompt-word attachment script assessment assignments. Our results showed that priming in the form of questions regarding symptoms of depression and anxiety affected participants’ attachment script assessment, although the effect was just below significance and with a small effect size. Furthermore, we found a significant difference between the two narrative assignments for attachment script assessment, suggesting that different narrative assignments may be differentially susceptible to contextual influences and activated competing processes. The results contribute knowledge related to implicit processing, in particular regarding the assessment of attachment scripts through the narrative-based prompt-word method. Furthermore, results further our understanding of how contextual factors, such as the awareness of one’s depressive symptoms, might affect the retrieval of the attachment script.}}, author = {{Andersson Wulkan, Lina and Stenberg, Isabel}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Contextual influences on the attachment script; a quasi-experimental study on the effect of activated symptoms of depression on scriptedness}}, year = {{2022}}, }