Those with
avoidant attachment strategies ignore or are indifferent toward their caregivers and show little signs of distress.
Not exact matches
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 fo
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 fo
avoidant attachment can be favored as a status - seeking
strategy for males.
Given what you describe about your ex's behavior, it is possible that she terminated the relationship because of having an
avoidant attachment style, meaning that she is fearful about entering and becoming too close to others.1 People with
avoidant attachment styles are more likely than people with other styles to end relationships when they start getting too intimate2 and to use indirect
strategies to do so, such as avoiding direct communication about the real problems that are leading to the break - up.3 In other words, she may have been holding back negative feelings.
Certain people, namely those with an
avoidant attachment personality (i.e., fear closeness), are more likely to use the
avoidant breakup
strategies.2 Second, a person might feel less compassionate love (i.e., care and empathy) towards her or his soon to be ex - partner.3 Finally, there might be some situational factors that shape a person's choice to ghost a partner.
The other two insecure
attachment styles did provide the child with a coping
strategy: •
Avoidant attachment was characterized by the child's emotional disengagement - a defensive
strategy to the mother's lack of response; «Why bother reaching out when nothing happens»!
Many of these issues Dr. Muller has discussed in his new academic book, Trauma and the
Avoidant Client:
Attachment - Based
Strategies for Healing (W.W. Norton, 2010).
In this presentation, Dr. Muller will introduce therapeutic techniques he has developed specifically for this population, which are detailed in his new book, Trauma and the
Avoidant Client:
Attachment - Based
Strategies for Healing.
This workshop focuses on techniques Dr. Muller developed specifically for this population, included in his award - winning academic book, Trauma and the
Avoidant Client:
Attachment - Based
Strategies for Healing (2010, W.W. Norton).
This series of inspiring, interactive workshops provides the practical applications and
strategies therapists need to confidently address client's Secure,
Avoidant, Ambivalent / Anxious, Disorganized
Attachment Styles.
These various contradictory and un-integrated behaviours are thought to indicate the infant's inability to organize a coherent
strategy for eliciting comfort from the caregiver and are differentially associated with increased release of stress hormones.1, 2 Disorganized
attachment behaviours may occur in combination with other insecure behaviours that are part of an
avoidant or ambivalent
attachment strategy.
Parents with an anxious
attachment orientation may use hyperactivating
strategies of dealing with distress (19), adopting
strategies focused on negative emotions for both their own and their children's distress; on the other hand, parents with an
avoidant attachment may imply deactivating
strategies and emotional inhibition to cope with stressful situations and negative emotions (19).
The results indicated infants with autonomous foster parents and infants placed at younger ages showed higher early and overall levels of secure behavior, less
avoidant behavior, and more coherent
attachment strategies compared to infants placed with nonautonomous foster parents.
Meta - analytic evidence [59] rather suggests, that the association between insecure
attachment and internalizing
strategies is rather small, and the effect solely explained by
avoidant (i.e. dismissing)
attachment.