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Exploring individual differences in reactions to mortality salience: does attachment style regulate terror management mechanisms?M Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 79:260-73. 2000..Studies 4-5 revealed that mortality salience led to an increase in the sense of symbolic immortality as well as in the desire of intimacy only among secure persons, but not among avoidant and anxious-ambivalent persons...- Attachment theory and reactions to others' needs:' evidence that activation of the sense of attachment security promotes empathic responsesM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 81:1205-24. 2001..The discussion emphasizes the relevance of attachment theory for explaining reactions to others' needs... - Attachment security in couple relationships: a systemic model and its implications for family dynamicsMario Mikulincer
Dept of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
Fam Process 41:405-34. 2002.... - The affective component of the secure base schema: affective priming with representations of attachment securityM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 81:305-21. 2001..The results also revealed interesting effects of attachment style. The discussion focuses on the affective component of the secure base schema... - Attachment theory and intergroup bias: evidence that priming the secure base schema attenuates negative reactions to out-groupsM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 81:97-115. 2001..The discussion emphasizes the relevance of attachment theory for understanding intergroup attitudes... - Stress and accessibility of proximity-related thoughts: exploring the normative and intraindividual components of attachment theoryM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 78:509-23. 2000..However, they showed no accessibility to proximity worries even after the priming of a semantically related word and reacted with high accessibility to these worries upon the addition of cognitive load... - The association between parental reports of attachment style and family dynamics, and offspring's reports of adult attachment styleM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Fam Process 38:243-57. 1999..The discussion attempts to integrate attachment theory with a family system perspective... - The association between spouses' self-reports of attachment styles and representations of family dynamicsM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Fam Process 38:69-83. 1999..Findings are discussed in terms of attachment theory... - Attachment-related strategies during thought suppression: ironic rebounds and vulnerable self-representationsMario Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 87:940-56. 2004..Attachment anxiety was associated with high activation of negative self-representations and unremitting separation-related thoughts. The results are discussed in terms of the hidden vulnerabilities of avoidant individuals... - The existential function of close relationships: introducing death into the science of loveMario Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 7:20-40. 2003..In addition, we present empirical evidence supporting the possibility that close relationships function as a related yet separate mechanism from the self-esteem and cultural worldview defenses... - Attachment, caregiving, and altruism: boosting attachment security increases compassion and helpingMario Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 89:817-39. 2005..As expected, attachment security provides a foundation for care-oriented feelings and caregiving behaviors, whereas various forms of insecurity suppress or interfere with compassionate caregiving... - Attachment, group-related processes, and psychotherapyMario Mikulincer
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Int J Group Psychother 57:233-45. 2007 - Activation of the attachment system in adulthood: threat-related primes increase the accessibility of mental representations of attachment figuresMario Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:881-95. 2002..These effects were not, explained by trait anxiety. The discussion focuses on the dynamics of attachment-system activation in adulthood... - Adult attachment style and the perception of others: the role of projective mechanismsM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 76:1022-34. 1999..Findings are discussed in terms of the regulatory goals and strategies that characterize the mental representations of each attachment style... - The effects of mortality salience on relationship strivings and beliefs: the moderating role of attachment styleOrit Taubman-Ben-Ari
School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Br J Soc Psychol 41:419-41. 2002..These mortality salience effects were found mainly among persons who scored low on attachment anxiety or attachment avoidance. Findings were discussed in light of the terror management function of close relationships... - Fear of death and the judgment of social transgressions: a multidimensional test of terror management theoryV Florian
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 73:369-80. 1997..More severe judgments of transgressions after death salience manipulation were found mainly when there was a fit between these 3 factors. Findings are discussed in light of terror management theory... - Symbolic immortality and the management of the terror of death: the moderating role of attachment styleV Florian
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 74:725-34. 1998..The inverse correlation found in Study 1 was revealed only among securely attached persons. The discussion emphasizes the interconnectedness between personality, symbolic immortality, and the management of the terror of death... - Adult attachment style and individual differences in functional versus dysfunctional experiences of angerM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 74:513-24. 1998..For avoidant persons, it included high hostility, escapist responses, and lack of awareness of physiological signs of anger. The underlying action of working models is emphasized in the discussion... - An existentialist view on mortality salience effects: personal hardiness, death-thought accessibility, and cultural worldview defenceV Florian
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Br J Soc Psychol 40:437-53. 2001..The discussion emphasizes the importance of considering inner resources when examining reactions to mortality reminders... - Adult attachment style and affect regulation: strategic variations in subjective self-other similarityM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 75:436-48. 1998..Insecure persons' distortions resulted from transformations they made in representations of the self and others. Results are discussed in terms of attachment theory... - Leaders as attachment figures: leaders' attachment orientations predict leadership-related mental representations and followers' performance and mental healthRivka Davidovitz
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 93:632-50. 2007..Results are discussed with respect to the value of attachment theory for the study of leadership... - Adult attachment style and affect regulation: strategic variations in self-appraisalsM Mikulincer
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 75:420-35. 1998..Results are discussed in terms of attachment-related strategies of affect regulation... - When sex is more than just sex: attachment orientations, sexual experience, and relationship qualityGurit E Birnbaum
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 91:929-43. 2006..The authors discuss the possibility that attachment orientations are associated with different sex-related strategies and goals within romantic relationships... - Mothers' attachment style, their mental health, and their children's emotional vulnerabilities: a 7-year study of children with congenital heart diseaseEty Berant
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
J Pers 76:31-65. 2008..In addition, mothers' attachment insecurities (both anxiety and avoidance) at the beginning of the study were associated with their children's emotional problems and poor self-image 7 years later... - Rorschach correlates of self-reported attachment dimensions: dynamic manifestations of hyperactivating and deactivating strategiesEty Berant
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Assess 84:70-81. 2005..We discuss the findings in terms of implicit psychodynamic processes inherent in attachment-system functioning... - Attachment theory and group processes: the association between attachment style and group-related representations, goals, memories, and functioningEldad Rom
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:1220-35. 2003..Group cohesion significantly moderated the effects of attachment anxiety. The discussion emphasizes the relevance of attachment theory within group contexts... - The multidimensional driving style inventory--scale construct and validationOrit Taubman-Ben-Ari
School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
Accid Anal Prev 36:323-32. 2004..The discussion focused on the validity and utility of a multidimensional conceptualization of driving style... - The anxiety-buffering function of close relationships: evidence that relationship commitment acts as a terror management mechanismVictor Florian
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Pers Soc Psychol 82:527-42. 2002..The findings expand terror management theory, emphasizing the anxiety-buffering function of close relationships... - Mental pain and its relationship to suicidality and life meaningIsrael Orbach
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Suicide Life Threat Behav 33:231-41. 2003..Results confirmed both propositions. Implications for the study of mental pain and suicide are discussed... - Mental pain: a multidimensional operationalization and definitionIsrael Orbach
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Suicide Life Threat Behav 33:219-30. 2003..It is suggested that it can be meaningfully applied to the study of different mental states, life conditions, and transitions in life... - Gender differences in the willingness to engage in risky behavior: a terror management perspectiveGilad Hirschberger
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Death Stud 26:117-41. 2002..The discussion offers a terror management perspective of risk-taking behaviors... - Self-representation of suicidal adolescentsI Orbach
Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
J Abnorm Psychol 107:435-9. 1998..Results were discussed in terms of the vulnerable self of suicidal adolescents, characterized by uneven processing of positive and negative information, confusion, and simplicity... - Attachment style and the regulation of negative affect: exploring individual differences in mood congruency effects on memory and judgmentDana Pereg
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 30:67-80. 2004..Persons scoring high on attachment avoidance showed no significant cognitive effect of negative affect. The discussion emphasizes the role that attachment strategies play in the affect-cognition link... - Frontline treatment of combat stress reaction: a 20-year longitudinal evaluation studyZahava Solomon
Adler Research Center, Tel Aviv University, P O Box 69978, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Am J Psychiatry 162:2309-14. 2005..The purpose of the study was to evaluate the long-term (20-year) effectiveness of frontline treatment provided to combat stress reaction casualties... - When sex primes love: subliminal sexual priming motivates relationship goal pursuitOmri Gillath
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7556, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 34:1057-69. 2008..The article discusses implications of these findings for the role of sex in close relationships and offers a conceptualization of possible relational motives of the sexual behavioral system... - The contribution of attachment security and social support to depressive symptoms in patients with metastatic cancerGary Rodin
Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research Division, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Psychooncology 16:1080-91. 2007.... - Attachment style, excessive reassurance seeking, relationship processes, and depressionPhillip R Shaver
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis 95616 8686, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:343-59. 2005..At least in young unmarried couples, depression is associated with attachment anxiety--and one of its facets, ERS--mostly for intrapsychic reasons... - Trajectories of PTSD: a 20-year longitudinal studyZahava Solomon
Bob Shappel School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Am J Psychiatry 163:659-66. 2006..This study assessed the psychopathological effects of combat in veterans with and without combat stress reaction... - Attachment-related psychodynamicsPhillip R Shaver
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 8686, USA
Attach Hum Dev 4:133-61. 2002..One long-range goal is to create a more complete theory of personality built on attachment theory and other object relations theories... - Automatic activation of attachment-related goalsOmri Gillath
University of California, Davis, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:1375-88. 2006..Taken together, the studies support the idea that mental representations of attachment figures are associated with attachment-related goals... - Attachment-style differences in the ability to suppress negative thoughts: exploring the neural correlatesOmri Gillath
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Neuroimage 28:835-47. 2005..These are among the first findings to identify some of the neural processes underlying adult attachment orientations and emotion regulation... - Dialogue on adult attachment: diversity and integrationPhillip R Shaver
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8686, USA
Attach Hum Dev 4:243-57. 2002 - Hidden morbidity in cancer: spouse caregiversMichal Braun
Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
J Clin Oncol 25:4829-34. 2007.... - Does subliminal exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on men and women?Omri Gillath
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Sex Res 44:111-21. 2007..It is therefore suggested that the subliminal sexual prime causes women to activate sex-related mental contents but to experience the result as somewhat aversive... - Reactions to combat stress in Israeli veterans twenty years after the 1982 Lebanon warZahava Solomon
Bob Shappell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:935-9. 2006..We conclude that CSR should be seen as a marker for long-term psychiatric distress and impairment. In addition, the implications of combat-related trauma are broad and varied, and go beyond the narrow scope of PTSD... - Attachment in the later years: a commentaryPhillip R Shaver
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8686, USA
Attach Hum Dev 6:451-64. 2004 - Posttraumatic intrusion, avoidance, and social functioning: a 20-year longitudinal studyZahava Solomon
Adler Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:316-24. 2007..CSR veterans presented stronger temporal covariations between intrusion-avoidance and social functioning. The findings suggest that CSR is a marker for future psychopathology and point to the role of avoidance in social dysfunction...