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Romantic Relationship Churn in Early Adolescence Predicts Hostility, Abuse, and Avoidance in Relationships into Early Adulthood
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Loeb, Emily L.; Kansky, Jessica; Narr, Rachel K.; Fowler, Caroline; Allen, Joseph P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
This study examined early adolescent romantic "churning," defined here as having a large number of boyfriends/girlfriends by age 13, as a problematic marker likely to predict hostility, abuse, and avoidance during conflict in later relationships. A sample of 184 adolescents was followed through age 24 to assess predictions of hostility,…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Early Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns
Adult Attachment Representations and the Quality of Romantic and Parent-Child Relationships: An Examination of the Contributions of Coherence of Discourse and Secure Base Script Knowledge
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Waters, Theodore E. A.; Raby, K. Lee; Ruiz, Sarah K.; Martin, Jodi; Roisman, Glenn I. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Attachment theory suggests that early experiences with caregivers are carried forward across development in the form of mental representations of attachment experiences. Researchers have investigated at least two representation-based constructs when studying attachment and successful adaptation in adulthood: (a) coherence of autobiographical…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Adults, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Genetic Contributions to Continuity and Change in Attachment Security: A Prospective, Longitudinal Investigation from Infancy to Young Adulthood
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Raby, K. Lee; Cicchetti, Dante; Carlson, Elizabeth A.; Egeland, Byron; Collins, W. Andrew – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Longitudinal research has demonstrated that individual differences in attachment security show only modest continuity from infancy to adulthood. Recent findings based on retrospective reports suggest that individuals' genetic variation may moderate the developmental associations between early attachment-relevant relationship…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology), Genetics
The Role of Adult Attachment Style in Forgiveness Following an Interpersonal Offense
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Lawler-Row, Kathleen A.; Younger, Jarred W.; Piferi, Rachel L.; Jones, Warren H. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2006
The role of attachment style in relation to forgiveness was investigated in 2 betrayal interviews. Blood pressure and heart rate were assessed, along with attachment style, forgiveness, empathy, and emotional expressiveness. Securely attached individuals were more forgiving of the specific offense, had higher levels of trait forgiveness, and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews
Attachment Representations of Deaf Adults
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McKinnon, Cathy Chovaz; Moran, Greg; Pederson, David – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2004
The primary goal of this study was to examine the feasibility of using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) with 50 culturally deaf adults. Modifications to the standard protocol included using a visual-spatial language (American Sign Language) rather than a spoken language (English), as well as coding and procedural variations from the…
Descriptors: Deafness, Adults, Attachment Behavior, Interviews
The Prototype Hypothesis and the Origins of Attachment Working Models: Adult Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners.
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Owens, Gretchen; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Used Current Relationship Interview (CRI) to examine correspondence between adults' models of their current love relationships and generalized attachment models accessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Found that early experience influences later relationships, but little support for the idea that a working model formed by caregiver-child…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Early Experience