Attachment Styles

New research published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy suggests that people's reasons for having sex, or sexual motives, can affect how attachment anxiety affects sexual satisfaction among couples expecting their first child. The findings indicate that understanding...

Struggling with an eating disorder can be related to many aspects of an individual’s life, but can it be associated with attachment style? A study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders explores the existing literature suggesting that people...

Researchers in China sought to explore the origin of chronic pain in patients with depression. Their findings indicate that anxious attachment may be a pathway between childhood trauma and pain symptoms. Additionally, anxious attachment may not always be negative for...

Young adulthood is often associated with exciting developments in intimacy and relationships, but research showing increased sexual dysfunction among the 18-25 age group has emerged in recent years. A study published in The Journal of Sex Research explores how sexual...

The ways in which adults form emotional connections with others are associated with how much a new mother tries to involve or exclude a father in parenting their child, according to a new study published in Personal Relationships. The findings...

Being susceptible to boredom is associated with engaging in compulsive sexual behavior, and this relationship is exacerbated by attachment anxiety, according to new research published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. The new findings provide insight into how...

An new study of German couples has found that individuals with secure emotional attachment are more likely to forgive offences to their partners, but also to be forgiven. Persons with a preoccupied attachment style were more likely to forgive their...

A study of low-income mothers showed that those with more attachment anxiety (i.e., mothers feeling unworthy of being loved) tended to show more unsupportive reactions to their children’s distress and to attribute child’s distress (e.g., crying) to the negative qualities...

People with higher levels of attachment anxiety are more likely to have higher levels of collective narcissism, according to new scientific research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The findings shed light on the role of attachment for...

New research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships provides evidence that mindfulness can help to enhance attachment security among romantic couples. The new findings deepen our understanding of the longitudinal interplay between partners' mindfulness and attachment style.

People who are anxious about their relationships and fear being rejected tend to use less wit and more irony, while people who are uncomfortable with closeness tend to employ more nonsense humor and sarcasm, according to new research published in...

Attachment to a romantic partner can affect our behavior in many ways, and recent studies have explored different aspects of this phenomenon.

It’s common knowledge that attachment style can affect your relationship, but how about your sex life? A study published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy suggests that insecure attachment styles are associated with less sexual satisfaction and more likelihood to engage...

Recent research challenges the notion that insecure attachment has some evolutionary adaptive benefits. It appears that secure attachment may have benefits for individuals, improving their chances of producing offspring, while anxious and avoidant attachment styles reduce the odds of producing...

A new study examined emotional attachment between members of families with an adolescent or a young adult (18-23 years of age). Results showed that emotional attachment in these families can be described using three distinct psychological components and that an...