Stress and secure base relationships in adulthood. Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • discuss how acute and chronic stress influences attachment processes / [give an] overview of attachment theory and the major attachment styles / discuss the role that acute stressors and emotional distress assume in activating the attachment system / examine the impact chronic stress has on relationships and how it might produce long-term changes in attachment style / discuss circumstances under which certain forms of stress may actually strengthen relationships / draw heavily from research with children to illustrate processes that might be important in adult relationships (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

author list (cited authors)

  • Simpson, J. A., & Rholes, W. S.

complete list of authors

  • Simpson, JA||Rholes, WS

editor list (cited editors)

  • Bartholomew, K., & Perlman, D.

Book Title

  • Attachment processes in adulthood

publication date

  • January 1994