Not exact matches
Through their
interactions and
subsequent studies — including some that followed those couples for more than 20 years — came a fountain of knowledge on what behaviors actually predict divorce and which ones strengthen
relationships.
If the quality of the fighting and
subsequent interactions is critical in sustaining a healthy marital
relationship, then it's conceivable that it is also critical for sustaining positive friend and family
relationships.
Attachment theory is yet another framework in which
interactions with significant others are thought to contribute to the development of internal working models of the self and others that are then used in
subsequent relationships, influencing beliefs, memories, emotions, expectations, and behaviors about others as well as the self (Bowlby, 1973).
Importantly, it is believed that as a result of these early
interactions, the child develops mental representations or internal working models of attachment which act as a guide for perceptions and behaviours in
subsequent relationships.
While the focus of this early research was on the mother - child
interaction,
subsequent research has examined the link between the quality of infant and adult attachment
relationships [2].
In
subsequent steps,
interactions between supportive
relationships and baseline risk and among the
relationship variables were examined.
These findings suggest that intrusive parenting has important implications for
subsequent parent — adolescent
interactions and that similar patterns may characterize some aspects of mother - and father — adolescent
relationships.