Highlights•Security priming helps understanding internal working models.•Security priming
is generally associated with beneficial effects.•Guided imagery and visualization are …

Attachment security priming has important theoretical and practical implications. We review
security priming theory and research and the recent concerns raised regarding priming. We …

The influence of subliminal priming (behavior outside of awareness) in humans is an
interesting phenomenon and its understanding is crucial as it can impact behavior, choices …

Research has shown that a variety of life events are associated with changes in adult
attachment styles. What is unknown, however, is the extent to which those changes are …

Attachment theory emphasizes both the importance of the availability of caring, supportive
relationship partners, beginning in infancy, for developing a sense of safety and security …

Background Intranasal administration of the “prosocial” neuropeptide oxytocin is
increasingly explored as a potential treatment for targeting the core characteristics of autism …

Attachment security priming has been extensively used in relationship research to explore
the contents of mental models of attachment and examine the benefits derived from …

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a chronic condition that occurs following a traumatic
experience. Information processing models of PTSD focus on integrating situationally …

Introduction: Research on adult attachment has flourished over the last two decades.
Despite this, only one theoretical model has been proposed to outline how the attachment …

The study of intimate relationships and health is a fast-growing discipline with numerous
well-developed theories, many of which outline specific interpersonal behaviors and …