Highlights•The experience of conflict in romantic relationships is highly stressful.•Conflict
has significant implications for relationship satisfaction and longevity.•Severe and persistent …

Relationship processes in adult romantic relationships have been vastly studied under the
aegis of attachment theory. Attachment theory is interactionist in nature, proposing that …

Adult Attachment: A Concise Introduction to Theory and Research is an easy-to-read and
highly accessible reference on attachment that deals with many of the key concepts and …

Adult attachment has been studied as an important predictor of romantic relationship quality
in many empirical studies. This meta‐analysis quantitatively summarized the associations …

Four studies examined the link between adult attachment style and strategic variations in
self-appraisals. Whereas secure persons held a stable positive self-view, Studies 1–2 …

Guided by attachment theory, a 2-part study was conducted to test how perceptions of
relationship-based conflict and support are associated with relationship …

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 …

The purpose of this article is to review the theoretical and empirical literature regarding the
normative development of the attachment system from infancy through adulthood, and then …

Three studies examine the psychometric properties (ie, the test-retest reliability, convergent,
and discriminant validity) of Fraley, Waller, and Brennan's Revised Experiences in Close …

My partner is extremely affectionate, which suits me down to the ground. I've always, always
craved affection all my life, mainly through parental-bad parental relationships. So, I don't …