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Traumatology, Vol. 9, No. 3, 127-154 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/153476560300900302

Adult attachment and emotional responses to traumatic memories among Palestinian former political prisoners

Katri Kanninen

Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 13, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Raija-Leena Punamäki

Department of Psychology, 33014 Univerisity of Tampere, Finland, raija-leena.punamaki{at}uta.fi

Samir Qouta

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, P.O. Box 1094, Gaza

The association between attachment styles and emotional responses to traumatic memories was examined among 153 Palestinian former political prisoners. Self-report tools revealing adult attachment and intensity and valence of emotional responses were applied. As hypothesized, a high intensity of cognitive appraisal and a low intensity of affective responses characterized the emotional profile of insecure-dismissing men. By contrast, the emotional profile of insecure-preoccupied men was characterized by low cognitive and high affective responses, and intensive behavioral urge to act. Secure men in turn had a moderate and balanced emotional profile involving both cognitive and affective responses. In accordance with the activation hypothesis, when exposed to a high level of torture and ill-treatment, the insecure-preoccupied men showed especially intensive affective and behavioral responses. Contrary to the hypothesis, the insecure-dismissing men showed high-intensive cognitive and low-intensive affective responses independently of the severity of the trauma exposure.

Key Words: adult attachment • emotions • torture


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