Anxious attachment and cognitive distortions: Understanding the link from the perspective of loss

2013 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Justin R. Feeney ◽  
Ian R. Gellatly ◽  
Richard D. Goffin ◽  
Michelle Inness

Abstract. There is a trend to view workplace relationships through the lens of attachment theory. We developed and validated a 7-item Organizational Attachment Scale (OAS). In Study 1, we recruited 957 participants, who filled out study materials at three separate times. The OAS preserved the two-factor solution in traditional attachment measures – anxious attachment and avoidant attachment – and was invariant across time. In Study 2, we recruited 400 participants who completed the OAS in addition to several other surveys. The OAS was conceptually unique from Richards and Schat’s (2011) Co-Worker Attachment Scale (CWAS). The OAS incrementally predicted organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational identity beyond the CWAS. Additionally, the OAS incrementally predicted organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior beyond the CWAS.


Author(s):  
Julia D. McQuade ◽  
Betsy Hoza ◽  
William E. Pelham ◽  
Sarah Fefer

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerald Gardner ◽  
Thomas Metzler ◽  
Clare Henn-Haase ◽  
Janie Jun ◽  
Charles Marmar

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenzie Snyder ◽  
Gertraud Stadler ◽  
M. Joy McClure ◽  
Niall Bolger

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Whiteman ◽  
Lindsay B. Kramer ◽  
Jessica M. Petri ◽  
Frank W. Weathers

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Snsari Shahidi ◽  
Narges Zamani ◽  
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