Highlights•Describes how anxiously and avoidantly attached people think, feel, and behave
when distressed.•Reviews key principles of attachment theory.•Indicates how attachment …

Relationship science is a theory-rich discipline, but there have been no attempts to articulate
the broader themes or principles that cut across the theories themselves. We have sought to …

Replicability of findings is at the heart of any empirical science. The aim of this article is to
move the current replicability debate in psychology towards concrete recommendations for …

The COVID-19 pandemic presents acute, ongoing relationship challenges. The current
research tested how (1) preexisting vulnerabilities assessed prior to the pandemic …

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

Infant attachment is theorized to lay the foundation of emotion regulation across the life
span. However, testing this proposition requires prospective designs examining whether …

Past research has shown that personality traits predict relationship quality in romantic
couples. However, very little research has investigated psychological processes that …

Migration is a critical issue for child development in the 21st century. We expand on García
Coll et al.'s (1996) integrative model of minority child development by drawing from …

Partner phubbing (Pphubbing) means snubbing a romantic partner by using one's
smartphone in his or her presence. Pphubbing behavior has been predicted by …

Working with maltreated children is identified as a risk factor for child protection workers'
own psychological well-being. In this cross-sectional study, the first aim was to evaluate the …