Attachment Styles

Pets can bring comfort—but for some, the bond may increase emotional distress. New research links anxious pet attachment to poorer mental health.

Flight attendants who prefer late nights and avoid emotional closeness may be more prone to depression. The study highlights how circadian rhythms and attachment styles interact to shape mental health in this high-stress, jetlag-prone profession.

Fearful attachment may fuel love addiction, according to a study exploring how anxiety and defense mechanisms shape unhealthy romantic behaviors.

A new study finds links between parents’ romantic attachment styles and their use of harsh discipline, shaped by how they view their parenting role and their child’s needs.

Your friends might know your love life better than you think. A new study found that friends accurately judge who’s ready for commitment, often linking insecurity with unreadiness.

A recent study found a link between secure attachment and lower PTSD symptoms, while insecure attachment correlated with higher symptoms. These findings emphasize the potential importance of attachment styles in understanding responses to childhood trauma.

Why do some people feel left out more often than others? New research published in The Journal of Psychology identifies personality traits and attachment styles that may drive feelings of ostracism.

Children's difficult temperaments have only a minor effect on forming insecure attachment relationships with parents, refuting the idea that temperament largely determines attachment quality. Secure bonds can still develop despite challenging temperaments.

Adolescents with insecure attachment to their fathers are more likely to develop internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms, which can lead to increased alcohol use. Attachment to mothers did not show a similar association with these outcomes.

Israeli Arabs who experienced childhood physical or emotional abuse tend to have poorer marital quality, higher psychological distress, and more insecure attachment styles as adults, with physical abuse having a stronger impact than emotional abuse.

Are all single people insecure? When we think about people who have been single for a long time, we may assume it’s because single people have insecurities that make it difficult for them to find a partner or maintain a...

New research shows an association between insecure attachment styles, especially anxious attachment, and love addiction, providing insights into why some individuals develop obsessive behaviors towards their romantic partners.

Attachment theory, which links early childhood experiences with parents to expectations and behaviors in adult romantic relationships, suggests that while these early attachments influence relationship quality, they do not solely determine it, as positive relationships and therapy can reshape attachment...

People with high anxious attachment to their partners are more likely to seek revenge and experience personal distress following sexual infidelity, according to new research.

A recent study suggests that adolescent attachment styles significantly influence adult brain responses to social support, showing that securely attached individuals exhibit increased neural activity during handholding, even with strangers.