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Relationship of Cognitive Appraisals and Attachment to Emotional Events within the Family of Origin

Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.

Greg Brack

Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University.

Catherine J. Brack

Counseling Center at Georgia State University.

Appraisal theorists believe that discrete emotional states are the result of specific cognitive appraisals. This theory has not been tested with familyrelated events, especially negative emotions and the potential influence of attachment towards significant others. This study found that individuals cognitively process family events much as predicted by appraisal theorists and that attachment does not appear to have a global influence on this process. This finding suggests that cognitivefamily therapists can directly link appraisals with negative affect.

The Family Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, 316-326 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480796044005


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