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1. Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process.

   Cindy Hazan, Phillip R. Shaver · 1987 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 6,327 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")

2. Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions

   R. Chris Fraley, Phillip R. Shaver · 2000 · Review of General Psychology · 1,525 cites

   The authors review the theory of romantic, or pair-bond, attachment as it was originally formulated by C. Hazan and P. R. Shaver in 1987 and describe how it has evolved over more than a decade. In addition, they discuss 5 issues related to the theory that need further clarification: (a) the nature of attachment relationships, (b) the evolution and function of attachment in adulthood, (c) models of individual differences in attachment, (d) continuity and change in attachment security, and (e) the integration of attachment, sex, and caregiving. In discussing these issues, they provide leads for future research and outline a more complete theory of romantic attachment.

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

   Judith A. Feeney, Patricia Noller · 1990 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1,190 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

4. Attachment in adults: Clinical and developmental perspectives.

   Michael R. Sperling, William Berman · 1994 · Guilford Press eBooks · 859 cites

   R.S. Weiss, Foreword. Part I: Introduction. W.H. Berman, M.B. Sperling, The Structure and Function of Adult Attachment. Part II: Conceptual and Methodological Applications. J.C. Rothbard, P.R. Shaver, Continuity of Attachment Across the Life Span. D. Diamond, S.J. Blatt, Internal Working Models and the Representational World in Attachment and Psychoanalytic Theories. M. Reite, M.L. Boccia, Physiological Aspects of Adult Attachment. J.A. Feeney, P. Noller, M. Hanrahan, Assessing Adult Attachment. Part III: Life?Span Developmental Applications J. Batgos, B.J. Leadbeater, Parental Attachment, Peer Relationships, and Dysphoria in Adolescence. C.G. Hindy, J. Conrad Schwarz, Anxious Romantic Attac

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

   R. Chris Fraley, Keith E. Davis · 1997 · Personal Relationships · 741 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

6. Reliability and stability of adult attachment patterns

   Elaine Scharfe, Kim Bartholomew · 1994 · Personal Relationships · 601 cites

   Abstract A basic premise of attachment theory is that internal models of attachment remain relatively stable across the life span. We examined stability and change in adult attachment representations over 8 months in a sample of young adults (N = 144; Mean age = 24.5 years). Attachment patterns were assessed by categorical and continuous ratings across three methods—self‐report ratings, expert ratings based on semi‐structured interviews, and reports of romantic partners—and showed moderate stability. Interview ratings tended to show higher stability than self‐report ratings. Changes in attachment ratings (across methods) were not consistently related to life events that had occurred in the i

7. Attachment and the experience and expression of emotions in romantic relationships: A developmental perspective.

   Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Andrew Collins, Sisi Tran, et al. · 2007 · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 489 cites

   In this longitudinal study, the authors tested a developmental hypothesis derived from attachment theory and recent empirical findings. Target participants were 78 individuals who have been studied intensively from infancy into their mid-20s. When targets were 20-23 years old, the authors tested the way in which interpersonal experiences at 3 pivotal points in each target's earlier social development--infancy/early childhood, early elementary school, and adolescence--predicted the pattern of positive versus negative emotions experienced with his or her romantic partner. A double-mediation model revealed that targets classified as securely attached at 12 months old were rated as more socially

8. Dynamics of romantic love : attachment, caregiving, and sex

   Mario Mikulincer, Gail S. Goodman · 2006 · 438 cites

   Part I: Introduction. Goodman, Attachment to Attachment Theory: A Personal Perspective on an Attachment Researcher. Mikulincer, Attachment, Caregiving, and Sex within Romantic Relationships: A Behavioral Systems Perspective. Part II: Basic Attachment Processes in Couple Relationships. Hazan, Campa, Gur-Yaish, What is Adult Attachment? Brumbaugh, Fraley, The Evolution of Attachment in Romantic Relationships. Bartholomew, Allison, An Attachment Perspective on Abusive Dynamics in Intimate Relationships. Levy, Kelly, Jack, Sex Differences in Jealousy: A Matter of Evolution or Attachment History? Part III: Interplay Between the Caregiving and Attachment Systems. Collins, Guichard, Ford, Feeney, R