Two hundred thirty‐seven young adults from an American university completed a
questionnaire designed to test several normative implications of attachment theory. As�…

How do researchers who conduct studies of adult romantic attachment know-that is, what"
markers" do they use to determine-whether study participants are attached to their romantic�…

First published in 2000. Attachment Theory is the current dominant theory of parent-child
relationships and their influence on development. The theory has generated an ever�…

Two studies explored the relationship between dimensions of attachment (closeness, trust,
anxiety) and three forms of empathy (empathic concern, perspective taking, personal�…

Attachment results from the interaction of multiple intraindividual and interindividual
processes operating at multiple levels over time. What needs to be better understood is what�…

In 1985 the SRCD Monographs series broke with tradition to publish a collection of papers
exploring the new growth and directions of attachment theory and research. In the ensuing�…

Other commentators have discussed at length Hazan and Shaver's main thesis that
attachment theory can provide an integrative framework for the study of close relationships. I�…

Initially, the major focus of attachment theory was the parent–child relationship, but Bowlby
(1988) also described the attachment system as active over the entire life course�…

The study of close relationships is both a subarea within social psychology and a field
involving scholars from many disciplines. We first describe the development and current�…

The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships provides the best, most in-depth, and most
comprehensive summary of the study of close relationships. The book is divided into eight�…