Sentences with phrase «promote feelings of attachment»
Although sex is believed to promote feelings of attachment to one's partner, 3 it seems that sex, in and of itself, is not enough to elicit disclosure or affection from one's partner.
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Oxytocin is a hormone that promotes bonding during the early stages of relationship development, positive feelings toward relationship partners1, including feelings of trust.2 In fact, oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormone.»
It is assumed that RF originates in the context of early attachment relationships and is promoted by a mentalizing mother who is able to treat her child as a being with a mind, and can keep her child's feelings, desires as well as intentions in her own mind (Fonagy et al., 2002).