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Exploring the associations between adult attachment security and self-actualization and self-transcendence

Exploring the associations between adult attachment security and self-actualization and self-transcendence
Exploring the associations between adult attachment security and self-actualization and self-transcendence
There are parallels between attachment needs (Bowlby, 1969/1982) and the love- and esteem-needs Maslow (1943) identified in his theory of self-actualization, which later included the other-oriented concept of self-transcendence (Koltko-Rivera, 2006). Our aim was to integrate these two theories of personality. A survey of undergraduates (N = 130) showed that attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety predicted low levels of self-actualization and actualization of potential. Attachment avoidance predicted low self-transcendence. Low self-liking partially mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and low self-actualization, and low self-liking and self-competence partially mediated the relationship between attachment avoidance and low self-actualization. Furthermore, self-competence mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and actualization of potential. Theoretical implications are discussed.
1529-8868
217-230
Otway, Lorna J.
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Carnelley, Katherine B.
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Otway, Lorna J.
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Carnelley, Katherine B.
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Otway, Lorna J. and Carnelley, Katherine B. (2013) Exploring the associations between adult attachment security and self-actualization and self-transcendence. Self and Identity, 12 (2), 217-230. (doi:10.1080/15298868.2012.667570).

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There are parallels between attachment needs (Bowlby, 1969/1982) and the love- and esteem-needs Maslow (1943) identified in his theory of self-actualization, which later included the other-oriented concept of self-transcendence (Koltko-Rivera, 2006). Our aim was to integrate these two theories of personality. A survey of undergraduates (N = 130) showed that attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety predicted low levels of self-actualization and actualization of potential. Attachment avoidance predicted low self-transcendence. Low self-liking partially mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and low self-actualization, and low self-liking and self-competence partially mediated the relationship between attachment avoidance and low self-actualization. Furthermore, self-competence mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and actualization of potential. Theoretical implications are discussed.

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Published date: 1 March 2013
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 338163
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/338163
ISSN: 1529-8868
PURE UUID: e38579d6-1907-401b-8c29-f3d2b246ee9d
ORCID for Katherine B. Carnelley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4064-8576

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Date deposited: 10 May 2012 10:29
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:07

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Author: Lorna J. Otway

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