TY  - JOUR
T1  - EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTACHMENT STYLE AND THE TENDENCY FOR INTERPERSONAL VICTIMHOOD IN CROSS-CULTURAL SAMPLE
AU  - Manolov, Manol
PY  - 2023
DA  - December
Y2  - 2023
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.10459408
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 417
EP  - 428
VL  - 9
IS  - 27
LA  - en
AB  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10459408AbstractThe research investigates how attachment styles and tendency for Interpersonal victimhood (TIV) scales are related across different cultural groups, including Bulgarians, Asians, and Whites (living in USA and United Kingdom). The aim is to understand how cultural contexts affect the connection between attachment styles and interpersonal values, focusing on the need for recognition, lack of empathy, and rumination. In the Bulgarian group, they found a significant correlation between the need for recognition and an anxious attachment style, as well as a correlation between avoidance attachment style and lack of empathy. Surprisingly, the Asian group showed the opposite correlation, where lack of empathy was linked to an anxious attachment style, possibly due to the cultural emphasis on social harmony and collective values. On the other hand, the White group had a correlation between lack of empathy and anxious attachment, which could indicate the influence of individualistic cultural beliefs. Across all groups, there was a consistent correlation with rumination, suggesting that certain attachment styles and interpersonal values might universally make people more prone to rumination, which is associated with various psychological disorders. These findings highlight the complex relationship between cultural context, attachment styles, interpersonal victimhood. This suggests that cultural norms emphasizing relationships and community might influence these correlations.
KW  - tendency for interpersonal victimhood;
KW  - attachment styles;
KW  - self-discrimination
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