Bowlby's attachment theory describes characteristic patterns of relating to close others and
has important implications for psychotherapy. Attachment patterns have been characterized …

Literature reviews and meta-analyses over the past 20 years have definitively established
the efficacy of many systemic approaches to psychotherapy. Despite this important work …

An extreme form of online dating deception, also known as “catfishing,” involves falsely
representing oneself to a potential romantic partner, without the intention of meeting in …

The purpose of this study was to develop a grounded theory of earning secure attachment.
This study included 15 women and 5 men who met the criteria of having a self‐reported …

Phubbing, or phone snubbing, is the extent to which someone uses their phone in the
presence of others. Phone use has become expected when people are around each other …

Aims: The aims of this study were to analyse the changes in anxiety and depression
symptoms from early pregnancy to 30 months postpartum according to gender and parity …

The current study examined how the gender and adult attachment orientations of romantic
relationship partners contribute to each participant's experience and expression of anger in …

This study used an actor–partner interdependence analytic approach to examine a
theoretical model assessing whether lower differentiation of self is linked to higher …

Romantic attachment orientations are important predictors of individuals' and their partners'
well-being and health. However, less is known about whether similarity in attachment …

Given the important associations between couple conflict and various physical and mental
health outcomes, it is essential to explore factors that may catalyze or exacerbate the …