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Does attachment style moderate the relationship between negative urgency and adult ADHD symptoms?
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- Author / Creator
- Faulkner, Paige
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Few studies have examined adult ADHD's connection to negative urgency, a form of impulsive emotion dysregulation. Adults high in ADHD symptoms may be more prone to negative urgency due to neural differences in self-regulation, reward and emotion. Identifying malleable personality traits that buffer the relationship between ADHD and negative urgency is crucial. Attachment style, closely tied to emotion regulation, could interact with ADHD symptoms, amplifying the risk of negative urgency. My studies examine 1) the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms and negative urgency and 2) the interaction effect of attachment style and ADHD symptoms on negative urgency. In two studies (one pre-registered replication), ADHD symptoms (inattentiveness and hyperactivity-impulsivity) were positively associated with negative urgency. Fearful avoidant attachment consistently increased the relationship between ADHD symptoms and negative urgency, suggesting high ADHD symptoms paired with fearful avoidance increases the propensity to cope with negative emotions via negative urgency. These results build upon prior research on emotion dysregulation in adult ADHD and may guide targeted, attachment-focused therapy for emotion dysregulation in adult ADHD.
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- Graduation date
- Fall 2024
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master of Science
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Library with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.