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Article: Attachment style and decoding of nonverbal cues.
- Article from:
- North American Journal of Psychology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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The present study examined individual differences in adult attachment style and nonverbal decoding accuracy. It was predicted that secure and preoccupied participants (i.e., those with a positive view of others) would demonstrate more nonverbal accuracy than would those with a negative view of others (i.e., dismissing and fearful participants). Participants were 59 single, female college students with a mean age of 19.20 years. Attachment styles were categorized using Bartholomew and Horowitz's two-dimensional model (1991) and nonverbal decoding accuracy was assessed through four subtests of the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy-2 (DANVA-2) (Nowicki, 2004). ...