The fourth edition continues to provide psychologists with a fresh and engaging approach to
the field of psychology of adult development and aging. It focuses on three themes: a …

In this study we examined self-reported hostile conflict and mindfulness as potential
moderators of the links between attachment and relationship quality over time in a sample of …

In this article, sexual functioning is placed in the context of love as an attachment bond.
Attachment theory offers the most coherent and empirically validated theory of adult love and …

Couples who seek therapy for marital distress often do so because they have suffered an
attachment injury, characterized by an abandonment or betrayal during a time of critical …

In this article, we investigate marital functioning from an attachment theory perspective. We
review empirical evidence showing that, in nondistressed marriages, spouses, as …

Psychological distress in cancer patients is inversely related to age, although the reasons
are unclear. The adult development literature suggests that ageing may be associated with …

In 1975, Senator Henry Proxmire took the floor of the Senate to denounce publicly the
awarding of a research grant to Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Hatfield by the National Science …

Attachment injuries occur as a result of aversive interpersonal events in which a partner is
betrayed, or abandoned during a critical moment of need for support and care, and as such …

In this study, marital satisfaction and intimacy were examined, looking at the predictors of
marital satisfaction and intimacy within an African context that is characterized by a fast …

BACKGROUND: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis
characterized by emotional and behavioural instability, and impaired ability to maintain …