Talking to others is a common mechanism that is usually displayed when confronting traumatic events, and it may have a positive adaptive value. (pattch.org)
Avoidant and ambivalent attachment patterns also have different adaptive values for boys and girls, in the context of same - sex competition in the peer group: in particular, the competitive and aggressive traits related to avoidant attachment can be favored as a status - seeking strategy for males. (cambridge.org)
The second vision is that some aspects of form have greater adaptive value and that the remainder evolve collaterally from changes in these. (sciencedaily.com)