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Attachment
Ainsworth (1978)Attachment Styles
=Secure Attachment- Upset when mom left, secure when she returned. Stranger could not console the child.
=Anxious Attachment- Took much longer to console the child.
=Avoidant Attachment- Mother's coming and going did not affect child.
Caretaker-----> Attachment
Shaver & Hazan's Attachment Theory of Love
=Identified love style of college students currently in a relationship.
=Identified attachment with style with parents during childhood.
=Participants who reported a secure attachment with parents most likely to describe current relationships as secure.
Secure Love
=People whose current relationship is characterized as secure attachment..
=More trusting
=More secure
=Less possessive and jealous
Insecure Love
=People whose current relationship is characterized as an insecure attachment...
=Less trusting
=Less secure
=More possessive and jealous
=Break up repeatedly with the same person
=More emotional outbreaks during conflicts
Avoidant Love
=People whose current relationship is characterized as avoidant
=Less invested in relationships
=More likely to end a relationship
=More likely to have one night stands