In order to additionally reflect hostility in the scheme,
the Avoidant category was subdivided into «Angry - dismissive» and «Withdrawn».
Not exact matches
By saying that, I'm not trying to imply that all single people are
avoidant, or even that we thought we would find a huge difference - just that we thought there might be a statistically significant difference because, as a whole,
avoidant people are less likely to form lasting romantic relationships, which places a large portion of them in the
category of single people.»
Researching and experimenting with colleagues, they determined that there were three basic
categories of response: secure,
avoidant and anxious.
In her series of «strange situation» experiments starting in 1969, Dr. Mary Ainsworth expanded attachment theory by identifying three separate
categories of bonding that occur between infants and their primary caregiver: secure, anxious / ambivalent, or anxious /
avoidant (Ainsworth, 1985).
Initially, attachment theory posited the existence of three
categories of attachment styles: secure, insecure -
avoidant, and insecure - ambivalent [1].
All humans fall into one of four main
categories of attachment styles: Secure, Anxious,
Avoidant, and Anxious -
Avoidant.
(13) For the past forty years, attachment researchers have concluded that there are 4 basic
categories of attachment; secure, insecure - ambivalent, insecure -
avoidant, insecure - disorganized.
The renowned marriage researcher John Gottman has studied thousands of couples in his Seattle «Love Lab» and found that these
categories of couples that he observed: «validating, volatile and
avoidant» it was the third group, the avoiders, who were most at risk of having unsuccessful marriages.
The third
category of attachment is anxious -
avoidant insecure attachment.
As mentioned previously, researchers studying attachment classify their subjects into
categories which include secure, insecure -
avoidant, and insecure - ambivalent.
The results suggest that those who are securely attached in their romantic relationships are more satisfied and perceive their parents in a more positive light when reflecting on childhood than insecurely attached participants, especially those in the
avoidant - fearful
category.
This is mainly due to the use of self - report scales in this area, which (except [64]-RRB- make use of the 3 -
category (secure,
avoidant, anxious) self - report measures [24].
These
categories include «anxious - ambivalent» and «
avoidant»
categories of adult attachment.