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Singlehood-Related Negative Affect: Examining Attachment Style and Priming Effects
Escribano, Daniela A.
Escribano, Daniela A.
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Staying single is increasingly common in the U.S. While singlehood can be fulfilling, it is often associated with increased distress and lower well-being. Recent work highlights the potential role attachment style plays in determining whether singles experience negative affect, distress, and lower well-being. The existing work, however, is mostly correlational and hence says little about causality and directionality. Here I experimentally examined the effects of attachment priming on singlehood-related negative affect. Study 1 employed a writing priming task. The manipulation was found to be ineffective, as the task appeared to increase both state security and anxiety. Results indicated that negative feelings about singlehood were primarily predicted by trait attachment anxiety, even when controlling for general well-being, desire to couple, and pressure to couple. Study 2 tested an extended version of the implicit priming method, which successfully increased state attachment anxiety but did not impact attachment security or avoidance. The discussion addresses methodological issues concerning the priming technique and proposes future directions to enhance attachment priming methodology.
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2025-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Psychology, Attachment Prime, Attachment Style, Negative Affect, Singlehood, Well-being