Associations Between Working Models of Attachment and Conflict Management Behavior in Romantic Couples

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ATTACHMENT THEORY AND RESEARCH: OVERVIEW WITH SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS TO CHILD CUSTODY (2011, background): “In addition, in interactions, men classified as secure were repeatedly found more supportive of their partners in resolving conflict than were those classified as insecure (Creasey, 2002; Crowell et al., 2002; Wampler, Shi, Nelson, & Kimball, 2003; see Hesse, 2008).”
“I can’t get no satisfaction”: Insecure attachment, inhibited sexual communication, and sexual dissatisfaction (2006, background): “…lack of healthy assertion of preferences (Roberts & Noller, 1998), self-reports of inhibited expression of needs to romantic partners (Davis & Follette, 2000a), and failure to deal constructively with conflict (Creasey, 2002; Creasey & Hesson-McInnis, 2001; Davis & Follette, 2000b; Shi, 2003).”
An Attachment Theoretical Framework for Personality Disorders (2015, background): “Insecurity, regardless of how it is measured, is associated with distress, impaired interpersonal functioning, and psychopathology (Crowell et al., 1999; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007), as is unresolved attachment (Creasey, 2002; Riggs et al., 2007).”