Not exact matches
Children with anxious /
avoidant attachments are likely to display feelings of anger and are usually not bothered by the caretaker's absence or presence; they effectively avoid the caretaker because they believe they are not able to
depend on the caretaker for their needs (Ainsworth, 1985).
A person high in
avoidant attachment would find it difficult to
depend on others.
This pattern of absent or cruel caregivers is associated with the
avoidant attachment style: 1,2 The lack of love and support that Don experienced as a child likely taught him that he can't really
depend on anyone but himself.
Adults with a high score on the
avoidant attachment dimension find it difficult to trust and to allow themselves to
depend on their partners and would rather remain self - contained (Ho et al., 2012).
Second, the
avoidant attachment style changed at an older age
depending on the relationship status (Petrowski et al., 2012).