Hypothesis 3 was not supported, since the sexual functioning domains were not predicted
by romantic attachment anxiety.
Scrapper, especially, stands out, not only because she's a new character but because she's not hemmed in
by romantic attachments; she's just a tough, experienced warrior with a sure sense of her own capabilities and a wily disregard of what others might want from here.
Not exact matches
When it's over because it's time to move on to other potential
romantic attachments, there's no overt jealousy
by the party who doesn't have an immediate prospect in mind.
«Hide / Seek» considers such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America; how artists explored the fluidity of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art — especially abstraction — were influenced
by social marginalization; and how art reflected society's evolving and changing attitudes toward sexuality, desire, and
romantic attachment.
I wrote about the need to eliminate shall from your writing, and created a bit of a kerfuffle
by doing so — some lawyers seem to have an almost
romantic attachment to it.
How you behave within close relationships, develop and maintain emotional bonds with
romantic partners, and support your partner in stressful situations is determined
by your
attachment style — your own unique levels of avoidance and anxiety.
Response to the loss of a
romantic relationship: Differences
by time since the loss, gender, and
attachment style.
This study investigated the universality of loneliness and
attachment in family,
romantic and social relationships
by comparing Canadian home students with Chinese visiting students.
Despite the fact that the purpose of an adult
attachment interview is typically to gauge how a person interacts with others in a variety of situations, including
romantic ones, they are generally evaluated
by childhood
attachments to the nuclear family.
More recently, Sue Johnson, the founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, added to Bowlby's research
by adding that for this
romantic attachment to feel secure, we need accessible, responsive, and engaged partners.
We extend this paradigm
by testing the buffering effects of secure
attachment and material reward on a specific form of social psychological pain:
romantic jealousy.
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by showing how
attachment styles, perception of relationship power, and satisfaction with relationship power are related in predicting aggression against a
romantic partner.
In addition, persons with an anxious
attachment style (i.e., people who fear being abandoned
by their
romantic partners) were more likely to label casual behaviors as cheating than those who are more secure.
We can better understand their failures and successes
by viewing each of these characters through the lens of
attachment theory, one of the most popular perspectives on
romantic relationships.
Whereas kissing is commonly perceived as a display of affection in
romantic relationships, research highlights a far more nuanced explanation regarding the «function» of kissing within relationships.1 Some research suggests that kissing enables individuals to assess the quality of potential partners
by putting individuals in close proximity, making it easier to examine features that are associated with mate value, such as breath and skin texture.2 Other research suggests that kissing elevates levels of arousal, which may lead to sexual intercourse.3 A third body of research suggests that kissing can influence feelings of
attachment, alleviate stress, and increase relationship satisfaction.4 Given these varied explanations, the question remains: is there a single purpose for kissing or do all these explanations hold truth?
However, less is known about the mechanisms
by which
romantic attachment may influence family dynamics.
This quiz, based on the Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures assessment developed
by R. Chris Fraley at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, is intended to help you explore and better understand your patterns of
attachment in various close relationships (i.e. your
attachment style, based on
attachment theory), including your relationship with your spouse or
romantic partner, as well as your relationships with your mother (or mother - figure) and father (or father - figure).
Some of the genuinely good pop - psychology fun comes from essays on such topics as Dobby and self - mutilation; Lord Voldemort and antisocial personality disorders; the
romantic attachment styles of Ron, Harry, and Hermione; and, yes, even Harry Potter therapy (step -
by - step instruction on «learning to cast positive spells of thought instead of negative»).
Sexual desire, although not a direct focus of
attachment literature, is highly related to sexual and relationship satisfaction, suggesting it may also be impacted
by attachment style in
romantic couples.
It is evident from Table 4 that
romantic inclination is significantly correlated to all the variables with highest coefficients for peer (0.54) and media influence (0.53) followed
by secure
attachment and physical attraction at the level of 0.33 and 0.36 respectively.
Studies conducted in the Western cultures have indicated that development of
romantic relationship among youth is a multi-factorial developmental phenomenon that is influenced
by factors such as age, gender,
attachment styles, changes within the relationship, and on the social and cultural contexts in which they occur (Collins, Welsh, & Furman, 2009; Furman & Collins, 2008).
You and Malley - Morrison (2000) claimed that East Asians are particularly prone to anxious
romantic attachments as they strive for self - acceptance
by gaining the
romantic approval of highly valued others.
The dimension of
attachment - related avoidance is not solely marked
by feelings of distress concerning being dependent and close to the
romantic partner but also experiencing problems in expressing emotions and thoughts (McCarthy & Taylor, 1999).
Interest in
attachment theory has continued, and the theory was later extended to adult
romantic relationships
by Cindy Hazen and Phillip Shaver.
We expected that, in a hybrid Structural Equation Model, the selected study variables (personality,
attachment style and interpersonal attraction) will predict
romantic inclination mediated
by social influence (media and peer influence).
It is evident from the model that among the proximal factors namely personality,
attachment style and interpersonal attraction, the role of personality is stronger in predicting
romantic inclination (0.24) compared to insignificant and weak direct paths shown
by attachment style and interpersonal attraction (0.02 & 0.01 respectively).
Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) indicated that personality,
attachment style and interpersonal attraction had a significant influence on
romantic inclination mediated
by both media and peer influences.
However, research
by Lowyck, Luyten, Corveleyn, D'Hooghe, Buyse, and Demyttenaere (2009) has shown that
romantic attachment to one's partner was positively related to well - being and relationship satisfaction during fertility treatments.
Most importantly, and in line with our predictions, the main effect was qualified
by a significant interaction between sibling type and
attachment to the sibling and
romantic partner, F (2, 327) = 59.40, p <.001, η2partial =.27; see Figure 1.
Through the construction of self - report questionnaires, they found that the three different styles of
attachment, as proposed
by Ainsworth et al. [3], help explain personality differences in experiences of
romantic relationships.
Do automatic reactions elicited
by thoughts of
romantic partner, mother, and self relate to adult
romantic attachment?
Across all participants, the
romantic partner was on the top of the
attachment hierarchy, mean rank = 1.78, SD = 0.93, followed
by the sibling, mean rank = 2.19, SD = 1.14, and the mother, mean rank = 2.56, SD = 0.86.
Finally, and regarding the sixth question, our analyses showed that the
attachment to the
romantic partner differs marginally significantly
by sibling type, F (2, 327) = 2.62, p =.07.
Wired for Love illustrates different ways of relating (via
attachment styles) and how our experience in
romantic and intimate partnerships is directly influenced
by our personal relationship styles, beliefs, and defensive strategies.
This was followed
by marital quality, social support and situation appraisals (five studies), then
romantic attachment (three studies).
One study that used a four - category model of adult
attachment (i.e., secure, preoccupied, fearful, and dismissing)(Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991) found that a secure
romantic attachment style in adulthood was positively related to a favorable body image, whereas a preoccupied
romantic attachment style - characterized
by high
attachment anxiety but low avoidance - was associated with more body dissatisfaction and dysphoria.