Attachment Styles In Adult Relationships
1. This article examined attachment styles (i.e. secure, avoidant, and anxious/ambivalent) and their effect on the conflict-resolution styles of adults in relationships, as well as how satisfied individuals were with said relationships.
2. Do people with different attachment styles deal with conflict in a predictable way, and does the method of dealing with conflict predict the level of satisfaction an individual experiences in a relationship?
3. Our textbook talks about attachment relationships between children and their parent(s), and in the article, that concept is applied to adult relationships. The "Internal Working Model" from the textbook also seems relevant to the article; it could by hypothesized that the adults in secure relationships …show more content…
This article found that individuals with a secure attachment type often compromise during conflict, and they have a high level of satisfaction in their relationships; about 58% of people have this attachment type. Individuals with the avoidant personality type were also likely to compromise, and they reported satisfaction with their relationships as well, but it may just be because they're comfortable having a less-intimate level of intimacy with their partners. However, the article found that individuals with an anxious/avoidant attachment style often oblige their partners' wishes and, as a result, end up feeling less satisfaction with the relationship in the long run.
5. I fear that I have an avoidant attachment type, so I'll try to remember that if I find myself in the midst of romantic conflict. Compromising and integrating are useful strategies, but I'll still have to work hard to avoid keeping my partner at arm's length.
6. Are these results completely reliable? (Since only a small number of people were studied, and part of the results were based on a very simple, single-item measure.) And since two people are involved in a relationship, how does the other person's attachment style affect the way that the couple approaches
2. Do people with different attachment styles deal with conflict in a predictable way, and does the method of dealing with conflict predict the level of satisfaction an individual experiences in a relationship?
3. Our textbook talks about attachment relationships between children and their parent(s), and in the article, that concept is applied to adult relationships. The "Internal Working Model" from the textbook also seems relevant to the article; it could by hypothesized that the adults in secure relationships …show more content…
This article found that individuals with a secure attachment type often compromise during conflict, and they have a high level of satisfaction in their relationships; about 58% of people have this attachment type. Individuals with the avoidant personality type were also likely to compromise, and they reported satisfaction with their relationships as well, but it may just be because they're comfortable having a less-intimate level of intimacy with their partners. However, the article found that individuals with an anxious/avoidant attachment style often oblige their partners' wishes and, as a result, end up feeling less satisfaction with the relationship in the long run.
5. I fear that I have an avoidant attachment type, so I'll try to remember that if I find myself in the midst of romantic conflict. Compromising and integrating are useful strategies, but I'll still have to work hard to avoid keeping my partner at arm's length.
6. Are these results completely reliable? (Since only a small number of people were studied, and part of the results were based on a very simple, single-item measure.) And since two people are involved in a relationship, how does the other person's attachment style affect the way that the couple approaches