Sentences with phrase «in avoidant attachment»

We then might ask our anxious partners (often with disdain versus curiosity, because resentment does tend to build in avoidant attachment), «Why can't you just turn off your emotion?

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.

A person high in avoidant attachment would find it difficult to depend on others.

Also, a comparison of the first and last children showed that a significant difference existed between the mean of first and last children in avoidant attachment style (first children were higher than that of last children).

Not exact matches

Were our attachments avoidant, creating in us a constant sense of feeling outside, rejected, afraid but unable to feel our fear, invulnerable to our own vulnerability?

When, in the beginning of their article, the authors spell out their expectations for how their results might turn out, they come up with three possible hypotheses: (1) single people are more avoidant in their attachment styles than coupled people are; (2) single people are more anxious in their attachments than coupled people are, maybe because «they have been rejected by relationship partners who would not accept their anxiety, clinginess, and intrusiveness;» and (3) single and coupled people are similar in their attachment experiences.

Avoidant adults are those individuals with a dismissing state of mind in terms of attachment.

Those described as ambivalent or avoidant during childhood can become securely attached as adults, while those with a secure attachment in childhood can show insecure attachment patterns in adulthood.

Research has also shown that adults with an avoidant attachment style are more accepting and likely to engage in casual sex.

Children who experienced avoidant attachments with their primary caregiver can go on to develop dismissive attachment styles in adulthood.

• If we have an avoidant attachment style, we can risk the anxiousness that arises when we make ourselves vulnerable by staying longer and longer in relationships.

With my family, I have a defensive - avoidant attachment style but in my relationships, I have a mildly anxious - preoccupied attachment.

The Adult Attachment Interview and Self - Reports of Attachment Style: An Empirical Rapprochement Glenn I. Roisman, Ashley Holland, Keren Fortuna, R. Chris People have a secure, anxious, or avoidant attachment style in intimate relaAttachment Interview and Self - Reports of Attachment Style: An Empirical Rapprochement Glenn I. Roisman, Ashley Holland, Keren Fortuna, R. Chris People have a secure, anxious, or avoidant attachment style in intimate relaAttachment Style: An Empirical Rapprochement Glenn I. Roisman, Ashley Holland, Keren Fortuna, R. Chris People have a secure, anxious, or avoidant attachment style in intimate relaattachment style in intimate relationships.

In my article, «Relationship Therapy and Attachment Style: The Basics,» I briefly reviewed the four Styles of Attachment: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant and Fearful - Avoidant.

This commentary cites evidence to argue that girls growing up in a competitive and aggressive environment are more likely to shift to avoidant attachment than to ambivalent attachment in middle childhood.

The role of oxytocin (OT) and early experience in shaping an avoidant attachment in females is also discussed.

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 foAvoidant 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 foavoidant attachment can be favored as a status - seeking strategy for males.

The scientific story has developed from attachment as care - giving and protective (or the opposite: deprivation, inadequacy, or insecure), to how attachment may influence an individual's sense of themselves, their part in relationships, and their capacity to problem - solve and look after themselves — attachment styles, described as «inner working models» in the psychoanalytic literature which may persist into adult life (as secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganised).

This defense is possible because adults with dismissive - avoidant attachment systems can suppress their feelings in response to a partner becoming too close — which is often a trigger for their escape.

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, 1985In 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, 1985in 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).

Therapists» attachment styles and previous personal relationship histories have also been shown to affect therapeutic outcomes in that secure therapists are able to challenge both avoidant and anxious / ambivalent clients in a sensitive and timely way.

In particular, a high number of family adversity factors and maternal depression significantly predicted long - term failure, and maternal insecure - avoidant attachment attitude showed a trend in this directioIn particular, a high number of family adversity factors and maternal depression significantly predicted long - term failure, and maternal insecure - avoidant attachment attitude showed a trend in this directioin this direction.

Insecure attachments are further classified into avoidant, resistant, and disorganized types (Ainsworth, Belhar, Waters, & Wall, 1978; Lamb et al., 1985, in press; Thompson, 1998).

In «Frozen», Elsa exemplifies avoidant attachment.

Although being high in attachment avoidance or anxiety may predict worse health, newer work by Beck and colleagues (2013) suggests that it's the combination of attachment styles within a relationship that matter most.5 Specifically, the researchers explored whether a poor fit in attachment styles, such as an anxious - avoidant pair like Anna and Elsa, can potentially affect aspects of physical health.

The previously mentioned findings of high rates of avoidance and low rates of security in older samples, if replicated in a larger, population - based study, warrant some concern, given the fact that avoidant attachment is associated with compulsive self - reliance under conditions where it is often not adaptive.

In the most relevant study, Wensauer and Grossmann 1995 found that grandparents with a secure attachment (in contrast to those with an avoidant attachment) had larger social networks, named more supportive family members, and received and gave more help; avoidant individuals were significantly more self - relianIn the most relevant study, Wensauer and Grossmann 1995 found that grandparents with a secure attachment (in contrast to those with an avoidant attachment) had larger social networks, named more supportive family members, and received and gave more help; avoidant individuals were significantly more self - relianin contrast to those with an avoidant attachment) had larger social networks, named more supportive family members, and received and gave more help; avoidant individuals were significantly more self - reliant.

Fortunately, having a partner who is more securely attached (less anxious) appears to mitigate the negative effect of attachment avoidance on responsiveness.4 The fact that avoidant people responded the worst when their partner was high in attachment anxiety might be because anxious individuals» yearning for closeness and affirmation pushes away the avoidant partner, resulting in less effective capitalization.

But things get interesting when it comes to the link sexting and attachment avoidance: People high in avoidance, and especially men who are high in avoidance, send more sext messages and sexually explicit pictures and videos than those who are less avoidant.

Some degree of dependency is developmentally normative in older persons, given the physical decline that comes with age, thus those with avoidant attachment may become isolated when most in need, with consequent health risks.

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.

Early attachment research focused on the bond between children and their caregivers and documented qualitative differences in attachment patterns; three patterns were discriminated: secure, avoidant, and ambivalent.

On the other hand, avoidant attachment is characterized by feeling uncomfortable with closeness in relationships and a desire to maintain emotional distance.

Attachment styles in patients with avoidant personality disorder compared with social phobia.

However, the fact that several independent studies found higher rates of avoidant attachment in older adults increases our confidence that these results are not just due to sampling artifact.

Nickola Overall and colleagues have investigated how avoidant attachment affects how people identify and perceive negative emotions that their partners are experiencing.1 The researchers compared how accurately avoidant participants, as compared to anxious or secure individuals, could identify anger, sadness, or hurt in their partners.

A recent study found that men who sext frequently have more avoidant attachment styles than other men, meaning that they are not as likely to enter intimate relationships because of fear or mistrust in others.4 His premature sexting might be a cue that he was not interested or capable of intimacy.

We've written a lot about avoidant attachment (see here and here for more on attachment), but here's a quick summary: Those who are high in avoidance tend to be uncomfortable with intimacy, want less closeness in their relationships, and distrust others more.

In a study co-authored by pioneering attachment researchers Mario Mikulincer and Phil Shaver, they found that in small - group settings (e.g., the workplace environment), avoidant attachment was associated with a «self - reliant» leadership style (a reluctance to rely on others for help / support and desire for less collaborative, more independent workIn a study co-authored by pioneering attachment researchers Mario Mikulincer and Phil Shaver, they found that in small - group settings (e.g., the workplace environment), avoidant attachment was associated with a «self - reliant» leadership style (a reluctance to rely on others for help / support and desire for less collaborative, more independent workin small - group settings (e.g., the workplace environment), avoidant attachment was associated with a «self - reliant» leadership style (a reluctance to rely on others for help / support and desire for less collaborative, more independent work).

Reluctance to disclose inner thoughts and feelings, remaining guarded, and having desire for personal control are all signs of avoidant attachment.1, 2 Research shows that in adolescence and young adulthood, avoidant individuals do not connect as deeply (they have less intimacy and emotional closeness) with friends and romantic partners as secure individuals do, and this lack of connection largely results from less self - disclosure.

The themes in the fantasies line up well with characteristics of the dismissive / avoidant attachment style.

But Harry clearly demonstrated avoidant attachment in other parts of the story.

The estimated relative risk for disorganised attachment among children carrying the 7 - repeat allele was four-fold, with the frequency of the 7 - repeat allele being 67 % in disorganised infants as opposed to 20 % in securely attached infants [95], and with 50 % frequencies in the insecure - avoidant and resistant groups.

In spite of the persons having ambivalent unsafe attachment style, the persons having avoidant unsafe attachment style, have no self - others and they try to earn peace by others attracting attention, because of their moral character they can not connect with others and they are always concerned to be alone.

«People with avoidant attachment histories are too closed down to have access to experience their right - hemisphere processes,» says Daniel Siegel, who's probably done as much as anybody in the field to induce therapists to clasp both attachment theory and neuroscience to their collective bosom.

Results: Risk of non-response (≤ 5 % reduction of BMI - SDS or dropout) was elevated in older children, cases with obese sibling (s), maternal depression, and avoidant attachment attitude.

Contrary to meta - analytic findings of the earlier literature that focused only on the effects of the amount of care provided without adequately controlling for selection effects, the NICHD Study found that a number of features of child care (the amount of child care, age of entry into care, and the quality and stability of child care) were unrelated to the security of infant — mother attachments or to an increased likelihood of avoidant attachments, except when mothers provided less sensitive parenting of their infant.11 For the children who received less sensitive maternal care, extended experience with child care, lower - quality child care, and more changes in child care arrangements were each associated with an increased likelihood of developing an insecure attachment with their mothers.

This is a serious gap in our knowledge for two reasons: (1) Recent research has shown that disorganized attachment is a predictor of psychopathology, whereas insecure - avoidant and resistant attachment lead to less optimal but not pathological child adjustment.10 Therefore, it is imperative to evaluate attachment - based interventions on their potential value to prevent attachment disorganization.

Usually, these intervention programs are designed to enhance parental sensitivity, the ability to accurately perceive children's attachment signals, and the ability to respond to these signals in a prompt and appropriate manner.2 The ultimate goal of these interventions is to turn insecure - avoidant (A) and insecure - resistant (C) attachment relationships into secure (B) child - parent attachment relationships.2 In a few programs, the intervention is not only directed at sensitive parental behaviour but also at maternal mental attachment representations, as in the STEEP (Steps Toward Effective Enjoyable Parenting) program described by Egelanin a prompt and appropriate manner.2 The ultimate goal of these interventions is to turn insecure - avoidant (A) and insecure - resistant (C) attachment relationships into secure (B) child - parent attachment relationships.2 In a few programs, the intervention is not only directed at sensitive parental behaviour but also at maternal mental attachment representations, as in the STEEP (Steps Toward Effective Enjoyable Parenting) program described by EgelanIn a few programs, the intervention is not only directed at sensitive parental behaviour but also at maternal mental attachment representations, as in the STEEP (Steps Toward Effective Enjoyable Parenting) program described by Egelanin the STEEP (Steps Toward Effective Enjoyable Parenting) program described by Egeland.

Perhaps four of these maxims, or conditions for therapeutic change, upon which probably most attachment - oriented therapists would agree are: (1) Insecure, ambivalent, avoidant, or disorganized early attachment experiences are real events which can substantially and destructively shape a client's emotional and relational development (the client's adult problems don't originate in childhood - based fantasies).