Social and relational research assessing adult attachment often appears to be based on the
assumption that adults operate, in their interpersonal relationships, with a single internal�…

Ever since Hazan and Shaver (1987) showed that it is possible to use a self-report
questionnaire to measure adolescent and adult romantic-attachment orientations (secure�…

Assumptions about dimensions underlying the four prototype model of adult attachment
were explored in two studies. In the first (N= 225), associations between attachment�…

Self–report questionnaires designed to assess attachment in adulthood potentially confound
global valence of relationships (eg, liking and disliking) with attachment. The authors�…

The attachment patterns of younger and older adults were studied using two-dimensional
self-report measures of adult attachment. Community-dwelling younger (n= 144, M= 22.5�…

To assess the association between several recently generated measures of adult
attachment, a sample of 160 college students were administered the following 6 scales�…

Community college students in the United States (151 men, 217 women) described their
current or most recent intimate relationship on questionnaires derived from the Structural�…

Most research on adult attachment is based on the assumption that working models are
relatively general and trait-like. Recent research, however, suggests that people develop�…

Attachment theory is a lifespan developmental theory. According to Bowlby (1969/1982),
human attachments play a “vital role... from the cradle to the grave”(p. 208). Ainsworth�…

This study compared adult attachment styles across 3 groups of young adults: those
seriously dating someone (n= 89), casually dating someone (n= 39), or not dating (n= 33)�…