In addition to being depended on, I think
avoidant people also experience fear of being dependent on their partner.
Avoidant people also feel insecure in relationships but manifest their insecurity differently.
Not exact matches
People who score high on short - term strategies
also tend to be emotionally
avoidant.
These deactivating strategies are
also used when an
Avoidant person is in a relationship.
Moreover,
people with
avoidant partners were
also less likely to make their relationships visible.
In a study of 118 male and female college students,
people who had either the anxious - ambivalent or
avoidant attachment styles
also had more irrational beliefs about their relationship than those with a secure adult attachment style.
While the latter function as a broad individual differences (e.g.,
avoidant attachment),
people also have relationship - specific working models (e.g., Baldwin et al., 1996; Overall et al., 2003; Klohnen et al., 2005).