The purpose of this study was to examine the potential universality of age differences in
romantic attachment. Relatively few studies have investigated attachment processes beyond …

Objective Although attachment dynamics are thought to be important across the life span,
relatively few studies have examined attachment processes beyond young adulthood …

This article presents the first meta-analysis of sex differences in the avoidance and anxiety
dimensions of adult romantic attachment, based on 113 samples (N= 66,132) from 100 …

Previous research has found that age is negatively correlated with general-romantic
attachment anxiety and positively correlated with general-romantic attachment avoidance …

The present research examined the development of attachment bonds in adult romantic
relationships using a cross-sectional internet survey (Study 1) and a longitudinal study …

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) …

The present study evaluates longitudinal trajectories of adult romantic attachment during
adulthood using latent growth curve modeling. We also tested how observed family …

This study examines whether attachment preferences and attachment styles with different
figures (mother, father, romantic partner, and friends) change over the course of a romantic …

Two lines of research on adult attachment have emerged; both are based on Bowlby and
Ainsworth's attachment theory, which in turn relies on evolutionary theory. Investigators in …

Romantic attachment is a popular theory for explaining affect, cognition, and behavior in
romantic contexts. This popularity has led to a surge of self-report measures assessing …