Sentences with phrase «very avoidant attachment style»

Based on the information you provided, it sounds as if your ex-girlfriend has a very avoidant attachment style.

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This was a very useful book for someone like me who tends to have an avoidant attachment style due to my mother's serious mental illness.

Some children demonstrate anxious or avoidant attachment styles very early in life.

However both subtypes of the avoidant style did not report higher levels of cognitive avoidance; the level of cognitive avoidance was even very low in the avoidant - cooperative attachment group though these differences have not been significant.

The ASQ includes five scales: (1) ASQ - F1, «Confidence in relationships»; higher scores in this subscale indicate a secure attachment (e.g., «I find it relatively easy to get close to other people»); (2) ASQ - F2, «Need for approval» denotes both worried and fearful aspects of attachment, characterized by an individual's need for others» approval and acceptance (e.g., «It's important for me to avoid doing things that others won't like»); (3) ASQ - F3: the subjects» anxious behavior in searching for others, motivated by the necessity to fulfill dependency needs, is depicted by the subscale «Preoccupation with relationships»; it represents a central topic in the conceptualization of anxious / ambivalent attachment (e.g., «It's very important for me to have a close relationship»); (4) ASQ - F4, «Discomfort with closeness» reflects an avoidant attachment (e.g., «I prefer to keep to myself»), and (5) ASQ - F5 «Relationships as secondary» is typical of a dismissive style, in which subjects tend to emphasize achievements and independence, in order to protect themselves against hurt and vulnerability (e.g., «To ask for help is to admit that you're a failure»).