According to the canalization hypothesis of attachment theory (Bowlby, 1973), people's
trajectories of attachment security should become increasingly stable and buffered against …

Although attachment security is relatively stable over time, individuals do experience
significant within-person variation in their attachment security across time. No research to …

The goal of the present research was to examine the coregulation of partner-specific
attachment security in romantic relationships. We studied a sample of 172 couples 5 times …

We propose the Attachment Security Enhancement Model (ASEM) to suggest how romantic
relationships can promote chronic attachment security. One part of the ASEM examines …

Contextual models of relationships and recent theories of attachment system activation
suggest that experiences that promote intimacy, such as sexual intercourse, may moderate …

Attachment theory has become a dominant framework for understanding people's thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors with respect to close relationships. People often want to and are …

This study examined how felt security in interpersonal situations with one's romantic partner
mediated the effect of global (dispositional) attachment on relationship satisfaction. Felt …

A core idea of attachment theory is that security develops when attachment figures are
responsive to a person's connection needs. Individuals may be more or less secure in …

Attachment security has many salutary effects in adulthood, yet little is known about the
specific interpersonal processes that increase attachment security over time. Using data …

Relationship processes in adult romantic relationships have been vastly studied under the
aegis of attachment theory. Attachment theory is interactionist in nature, proposing that …