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1. Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process.

   Cindy Hazan, Phillip R. Shaver · 1987 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 6,286 cites

   This article explores the possibility that romantic love is an attachment process--a biosocial process by which affectional bonds are formed between adult lovers, just as affectional bonds are formed earlier in life between human infants and their parents. Key components of attachment theory, developed by Bowlby, Ainsworth, and others to explain the development of affectional bonds in infancy, were translated into terms appropriate to adult romantic love. The translation centered on the three major styles of attachment in infancy--secure, avoidant, and anxious/ambivalent--and on the notion that continuity of relationship style is due in part to mental models (Bowlby's "inner working models")

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2. Attachment style as a predictor of adult romantic relationships.

   Judith A. Feeney, Patricia Noller · 1990 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1,218 cites

   Questionnaire measures of attachment style, attachment history, beliefs about relationships, self-esteem, limerence, loving, love addiction, and love styles were administered to 374 undergraduates. Attachment style was related in theoretically expected ways to attachment history and to beliefs about relationships. Securely attached Ss reported relatively positive perceptions of their early family relationships. Avoidant Ss were most likely to report childhood separation from their mother and to express mistrust of others. Anxious-ambivalent subjects were less likely than avoidant Ss to see their father as supportive, and they reported a lack of independence and a desire for deep commitment i

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3. Attachment formation and transfer in young adults’close friendships and romantic relationships

   Robert Chris Fraley, Keith E. Davis · 1997 · Personal Relationships · 740 cites

   Abstract Two hundred thirty‐seven young adults from an American university completed a questionnaire designed to test several normative implications of attachment theory. As predicted, the majority of participants (60%) used their parents as primary attachment figures but were in the process of transferring attachment‐related functions from parents to peers (best friends and romantic partners). The transfer of these functions the parents to peers was found to be a function of the duration of the peer relationship. Furthermore, factors that generally promote the development of attachment formation in infancy (such as caregiving, trust, and intimate contact) were found to be positively associa

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4. Adult attachment, stress, and romantic relationships

   Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Steven Rholes · 2016 · Current Opinion in Psychology · 359 cites

   In this article, we discuss theory and research on how individuals who have insecure adult romantic attachment orientations typically think, feel, and behave when they or their romantic partners encounter certain types of chronic or acute stress. We first review basic principles of attachment theory and then discuss how two forms of attachment insecurity—anxiety and avoidance—are associated with unique patterns of emotion regulation in response to certain types of threatening/distressing situations. We then discuss a diathesis-stress process model that has guided our research, highlighting studies that provide support for certain pathways of the model.

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5. Attachment in Adult Romantic Relationships: Style of Conflict Resolution and Relationship Satisfaction

   M. Carole Pistole · 1989 · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships · 319 cites

   This study considers the issue of adult attachment style in relation to conflict resolution and relationship satisfaction. Subjects selected into one of three styles: secure, anxious/ambivalent, or avoidant. Analyses revealed significant differences among the groups on three styles of conflict resolution (compromising, obliging, and integrating) and on relationship satisfaction. The results are interpreted with regard to attachment theory.

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6. The adult attachment interview and self‐reports of romantic attachment: Associations across domains and methods

   Phillip R. Shaver, Jay Belsky, Kelly A. Brennan · 2000 · Personal Relationships · 264 cites

   Abstract Two lines of research on adult attachment have emerged; both are based on Bowlby and Ainsworth's attachment theory, which in turn relies on evolutionary theory. Investigators in one tradition use the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) to assess “state of mind with respect to attachment.” The AAI has been validated primarily by its ability to predict the attachment classification of an interviewee's child in Ainsworth's “strange situation.” Investigators in the second tradition use self‐report measures to assess romantic “attachment style.” The self‐report measures have been validated by their ability to predict features of romantic/marital relationships. Although the two constructs. s

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7. Romantic Partners and Four-Legged Friends: An Extension of Attachment Theory to Relationships with Pets

   Lisa Beck, Elizabeth A. Madresh · 2008 · Anthrozoös · 238 cites

   The founding principle of attachment theory (Bowlby 1973) is that a secure attachment to a caregiver is one of the first and most basic needs in an infant's life. Through the decades attachment theory has expanded its scope to include central adult relationships, especially between romantic partners, and has provided a useful framework for exploring relationships with friends and family members. We seek to further extend the application of the standard model of adult attachment to another interaction that people value: relationships with pets. We compared participants' reports of their relationships with pets and relationships with romantic partners in a web-based survey of 192 pet owners. O

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8. Adult Attachment Orientations, Stress, and Romantic Relationships

   Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Steven Rholes · 2012 · Advances in experimental social psychology · 225 cites

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