TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Attachment orientations moderate the self-amplifying cycle of posttraumatic stress disorder and negative cognitions--a seven-year longitudinal study
JO  - Journal of social and clinical psychology
A1  - Levin, Yafit
A1  - Mikulincer, Mario
A1  - Solomon, Zahava
SP  - 522
EP  - 544
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - INTRODUCTION: We examined whether attachment orientations moderated the self-amplifying cycle of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and negative cognitions, decades after the trauma ended.<br><br>METHOD: We sampled Israeli veterans from the 1973 Yom Kippur War and assessed PTSD severity and cognitions about the self and the world, twice--35 (T1) and 42 (T2) years after the war. At T1, we assessed participants' attachment orientations (anxiety, avoidance).<br><br>RESULTS: Findings provided support for a self-amplifying cycle of PTSD severity and negative cognitions about others' benevolence during the seven-year study period. <br><br>FINDINGS also indicated that this self-amplifying cycle was significant only among veterans who scored relatively high on attachment anxiety but not among those who had less anxious attachment. Attachment avoidance also moderated the prospective contribution of negative cognitions about the self and others to PTSD severity seven years later.<br><br>DISCUSSION: The psychological mechanisms underlying the observed effects of attachment orientations were discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-7236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2019.38.6.522
ID  - ref1
ER  -