Hoogendoorn, Anne (2023) The Moderating Role of Existential Isolation in the Relationship between Secure Base Activation and Loneliness. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Loneliness has a major negative impact of human’s health and is a universal experience for a part of the population. Therefore, it is important to explore effective ways to decrease feelings of loneliness. This thesis will offer one such way by implementing insights from attachment theory to explore whether secure base activation decreases feelings of loneliness. Moreover, the present study examines existential isolation as a possible individual difference that moderates this relationship. Existential isolation describes a worldview in which an individual feels separated from the world, which signals for a stronger need for a secure base. Testing these hypotheses, we conducted an experimental study with a secure vs. insecure base activation manipulation among UK participants (N = 401). We found support that a secure base activation buffered against loneliness and that this relationship was moderated by existential isolation, in such a way that only people with high feelings of existential isolation reduced loneliness after secure base activation. These findings, when replicated and strengthened, could be implemented in counselling psychology in which therapy could be more effective by focusing on secure base activation for those who need it most. Keywords: Existential isolation, loneliness, secure base, attachment styles
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Zomeren, M. van |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2023 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2023 08:55 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2496 |
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