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).
Not exact matches
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Eating disorders are characterized by extremes in eating behavior — either too much or too little — or
feelings of extreme
distress or
concern about body weight or shape.
As a whole, the current findings suggest that, within couples, providers who score higher on the empathy - related measures
of (1) tending to take other people's perspectives, (2) tending to experience either
concern and sympathy for other people's
distress, (3) being more successful in «reading» the contents
of their partner's ongoing thoughts and
feelings, and (4)
feeling something
of what their partner
feels during the interaction, were the ones who were the most likely to provide the most helpful and least harmful support to their partner.
In this analysis, an emotional response such as situational empathic
concern is presumed to be the source
of a truly altruistic motivation: the stronger the
feelings of compassion for the other person, the greater the motivation to reduce his / her
distress.