This article presents the first meta-analysis of sex differences in the avoidance and anxiety
dimensions of adult romantic attachment, based on 113 samples (N= 66,132) from 100 …

Adult attachment has been studied as an important predictor of romantic relationship quality
in many empirical studies. This meta‐analysis quantitatively summarized the associations …

This study examines whether attachment preferences and attachment styles with different
figures (mother, father, romantic partner, and friends) change over the course of a romantic …

Two lines of research on adult attachment have emerged; both are based on Bowlby and
Ainsworth's attachment theory, which in turn relies on evolutionary theory. Investigators in …

Although research has examined associations between attachment dimensions and
relationship outcomes, theory has ignored how these associations change over time in adult …

Little research has examined how attachment styles in childhood are related to current
romantic relationship experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the association …

According to attachment theory, attachment style derives from social experiences throughout
the life span. The authors tested this expectation by examining associations between the …

The present study was designed to investigate links between dimensions of romantic
attachment and relationship functioning in a cross-sectional sample of people in same-sex …

Three studies examine the psychometric properties (ie, the test-retest reliability, convergent,
and discriminant validity) of Fraley, Waller, and Brennan's Revised Experiences in Close …

The authors review the theory of romantic, or pair-bond, attachment as it was originally
formulated by C. Hazan and PR Shaver in 1987 and describe how it has evolved over more …