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Emotional Intelligence And Coping Styles: Exploring The Relationship Between Attachment And Distress, Victoria L. Burns
Emotional Intelligence And Coping Styles: Exploring The Relationship Between Attachment And Distress, Victoria L. Burns
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The current study examined the roles of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and repair) and coping styles (reactive and suppressive) in the relationship between adult attachment and interpersonal and psychological distress. Participants were 233 undergraduate students from a Southeastern university who completed a battery of self-report questionnaires, including the Outcome Questionnaire-45.2 and the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems. This study utilized latent structural equation modeling in order to explore the well-established link between adult attachment and distress. Results support the notion that both emotional intelligence and coping styles are important variables to include when conceptualizing the relationship between attachment style and psychological …
Adult Attachment And Body Dissatisfaction: The Role Of Ethnicity, Caryn B. Watsky-Scileppi
Adult Attachment And Body Dissatisfaction: The Role Of Ethnicity, Caryn B. Watsky-Scileppi
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Body dissatisfaction has become commonplace, however, it has been associated with several detrimental outcomes, including eating disorders, depression, and suicidality. Despite having larger Body Mass Indexes, African American women have reported more satisfaction with their bodies than Caucasian American women. Anxious attachment has been found to relate to body dissatisfaction; however, this study was the first to explore whether this relationship differs across ethnic groups. American societal beliefs about attractiveness and ethnic identity were also explored as potential moderators of the relationship between anxious attachment and body dissatisfaction. Purposive sampling was used to identify students from colleges with diverse ethnic …