Exploring a Psycholinguistic Method of Assessing Attachment Orientation in Couple Therapy

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dc.contributor.authorTurner, Erica R.en
dc.contributor.committeechairWittenborn, Andrea K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHuebner, Angela J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFalconier, Marianaen
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-25T07:00:21Zen
dc.date.available2015-02-25T07:00:21Zen
dc.date.issued2013-09-02en
dc.description.abstractResearch conducted with the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) has provided a wealth of information regarding how adults behave in and respond to relationships. Unfortunately, despite the AAI\'s usefulness in assessing attachment orientation, administering the AAI requires intensive training, cost, and time. Because of this, a limited number of researchers are able to use the AAI despite the measure\'s demonstrated psychometric properties and utility for research related to attachment theory. The present study aimed to utilize the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software to assess attachment orientation in the context of an attachment-based couple therapy, with the broad goal of potentially expanding our ability to measure attachment orientation in research. The results indicate that attachment orientation is a meaningful metric for analyzing individuals\' speech regarding their relationships in an attachment-based couple therapy.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1563en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/51552en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAttachmenten
dc.subjectlinguisticsen
dc.subjectcouple therapyen
dc.titleExploring a Psycholinguistic Method of Assessing Attachment Orientation in Couple Therapyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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