The Regulation of Personal Security

Although most motivational psychologists recognize that security is important for healthy development and functioning (e.g., attachment theory), we add to prior work by proposing that the ongoing regulation of security under potential threat involves three unique features. Specifically, security reg...

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Published in:Journal of theoretical social psychology 2023-07, Vol.2023, p.1-13
Main Authors: Carroll, Patrick J., Wichman, Aaron L., Agler, Robert, Arkin, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Although most motivational psychologists recognize that security is important for healthy development and functioning (e.g., attachment theory), we add to prior work by proposing that the ongoing regulation of security under potential threat involves three unique features. Specifically, security regulation involves an initial preconscious system of threat processing (neuroception) and an internally (vs. externally) generated stop signal of goal completion (yedasentience) as well as the sequential activation of avoidance and approach systems (anxiety-to-approach). Throughout, we consider how the integration of these insights across social and biological sciences accounts for both adaptive and maladaptive patterns of security regulation (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder, reactive attachment disorder, contingent self-esteem).
ISSN:2475-0387
2475-0387
DOI:10.1155/2023/7593709