Antecedents of Looming Cognitive Style: Associations With Reported Perceived Parenting and Attachment

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2019-02-01

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Altan-Atalay, Ayse
Ayvasik, Halise Belgin

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Looming Cognitive Style, which was proposed as cognitive vulnerability model specific for anxiety disorders, suggests that anxiety-prone individuals have a tendency to perceive threats and dangers as getting closer, becoming larger, and more agonizing every passing minute. Yet, very few studies focused on the family-related variables that are associated with development of Looming Cognitive Style. This study aims to investigate the relationship of Looming Cognitive Style with measures perceived parenting and attachment. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 389 university students aged between 18 and 35 as participants. The participants were assessed through Looming Cognitive Style, perceived parenting, attachment anxiety, and avoidance. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated Looming Cognitive Style to be significantly predicted by maternal overprotection and anxiety dimension of attachment. The results are important in understanding how parenting-related variables are related to development of cognitive vulnerabilities specific to anxiety disorders.

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General Psychology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65273

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PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294117750631

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A. Altan-Atalay and H. B. Ayvasik, “Antecedents of Looming Cognitive Style: Associations With Reported Perceived Parenting and Attachment,” PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, pp. 96–107, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65273.