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- Attachment theory suggests that people react differently when faced with threats, especially in how they seek closeness to others.
- This research explores how different attachment styles, particularly attachment avoidance, influence behavior during scary events by observing couples watching horror movies compared to neutral films.
- Findings indicate that individuals with high attachment avoidance show less attachment behavior in both threatening and non-threatening situations, shedding light on how people's views of themselves and others affect their reactions in stressful contexts.
Article Abstract
A fundamental principle of attachment theory is that threatening situations give rise to individual differences in the extent to which people seek proximity to close others. The current research examines the way in which attachment styles predict individual differences in attachment-relevant behavior during threatening events. We tested alternative theoretical perspectives concerning the association between adult attachment (specifically, attachment avoidance) and attachment behavior in the presence of natural clues to danger by observing couples ( = 204) when they were watching horror vs. control film excerpts. Results suggest that highly avoidant people engaged in less attachment behavior across both threatening and non-threatening situations. These findings have implications for the understanding of attachment-related processes and how working models of the self and others facilitate (or inhibit) the expression of attachment behavior.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2376764 | DOI Listing |
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