Some of the most emotionally powerful experiences result from the development,
maintenance, and disruption of attachment relationships. In this article, I review several …

Social proximity and interaction attenuate cardiovascular arousal, facilitate the development
of nonanxious temperament, inhibit the release of stress hormones, reduce threat‐related …

The behavior of women and men varies greatly depending on situations, cultures, and
historical periods. This flexibility emerges as men and women tailor their division of labor to …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

Summary The Dark Triad of personalities—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—
all project onto Quadrant 2 of the interpersonal circumplex. That spatial similarity reflects …

This article distills insights from historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives on
marriage to develop the suffocation model of marriage in America. According to this model …

Evolutionary psychology has emerged over the past 15 years as a major theoretical
perspective, generating an increasing volume of empirical studies and assuming a larger …

This target article presents an integrated evolutionary model of the development of
attachment and human reproductive strategies. It is argued that sex differences in …

Attachment theory, developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about seventy years
ago, has become one of the most influential and comprehensive contemporary psychology …

Humans have a biological predisposition to form attachment to social partners, and they
seem to form attachment even toward non-human and inanimate targets. Attachment styles …