Sentences with phrase «highly avoidant people»

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For example, a strong avoidant person with a highly anxious one is a set up for conflict and misery.

For people low in avoidant attachment (i.e., those with less of a need for emotional distance in relationships), their desire for sex was higher when their partners were more responsive, but for those who are highly avoidant (i.e., those who do express desires to be distant from partners) actually desired sex less as partner responsiveness increased.

This bias can be pretty harmful, especially in light of the researchers» finding that avoidant people responded with more hostility and more defensiveness in response to highly negative emotions from their partners.