Adult attachment, stress, and romantic relationships. Academic Article

abstract

• 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.

authors

• Rholes, William

published proceedings

• Curr Opin Psychol

altmetric score

• 88.05

author list (cited authors)

• Simpson, J. A., & Rholes, W. S.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• Simpson, Jeffry A||Rholes, W Steven

publication date

• January 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current Opinion in Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Anxiety
• Humans
• Interpersonal Relations
• Love
• Mental Health
• Models, Psychological
• Object Attachment
• Stress, Psychological

PubMed Central ID

• 28813288

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.04.006

start page

• 19

end page

• 24

volume

• 13

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.copsyc.2016.04.006