Attachment theory and emotions in close relationships: Exploring the attachment-related dynamics of emotional reactions to relational events

By Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Meta-Analytic Studies of Identity Status and the Relational Issues of Attachment and Intimacy (2009, background): “Optimally, attachment figures provide comfort and support in stressful or fear-arousing situations (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005), thus instilling a feeling of security in another (Collins, Guihard, Ford, & Feeney, 2004).”
An upward spiral: Bidirectional associations between positive affect and positive aspects of close relationships across the life span (2015, background): “Additionally, theories such as attachment theory (Ainsworth et al., 1978; Bowlby, 1969/1982; Hazan & Shaver, 1987; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005), the self-expansion model (Aron, Aron, Tudor, & Nelson, 1991; Aron et al., 2004), and the belongingness hypothesis (Baumeister & Leary, 1995) suggest that…”
Insecure attachment and depressive symptoms: The mediating role of rumination, empathy, and forgiveness (2009, background): “…affective responses, whereas the avoidant dimension predicts cognitive strategies, researchers could examine if anxious attachment is related to differences in affect regulation with greater fear, hurt and anger, contributing to an inability to reach forgiveness (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005).”
An IRT analysis of motive questionnaires: The Unified Motive Scales (2012, background): “Attachment avoidance is a certain style of coping with attachment-related threats (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005).”
The Space Between Us: A Social-Functional Emotions View of Ambivalent and Indifferent Workplace Relationships (2017, background): “…ambivalent relationships (Mikulincer, Shaver, Bar-On, & EinDor, 2010) because their desires for intimacy paired with fears of abandonment translate into seeking closeness from their partner while overemphasizing their partner’s potentially negative traits and intentions (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005).”
Attachment and trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry rumination (2007, background): “In contrast, a sense of attachment security reduces the need for self-protection and selfenhancement (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005) and allows a person to shift resources, including taking others' perspective and regulating anger—key mechanisms underlying forgiving (Farrow et al., 2001; Konstam,…”
Individual differences and lying in everyday life (2008, background): “Due to their fear of separation, desperate desire for a partner’s love, and overly dependent attitude, however, anxiously attached individuals need restrain their resentment and anger by redirecting it towards the self in the form of self-criticism, fear, and sadness (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005).”
Lending a Hand (2006, positive): “Moreover, it is well known that threat responses in the context of attachment relationships also vary as a partial function of attachment-related personality characteristics—individual differences in styles of relating to others while under stress (Bowlby, 1969/1982; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005; Mik”
The Benefits, Costs, and Paradox of Revenge (2010, background): “When individuals perceive that they or members of their ingroups have been unjustly harmed, they experience an array of negative emotions, including anger, sadness, and humiliation (Bies & Tripp, 1996; David & Choi, 2009; Frijda, 1994; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005; Williamson & Gonzalez, 2007).”
Attachment and emotion regulation: Compensatory interactions and leader–member exchange (2012, background): “For example, attachment systems developed early in life tend to be activated by distress or fear (Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978; Mikulincer & Shaver, 2005).”
Empathy, Connectedness and Organisation (2012, background): “In their studies on attachment theories, Mikulincer and Shaver (2005) discovered that what encourages or muddles empathy is the sense of security that people felt within themselves. De Vignemont and Singer’s (2006) suggestion that empathy has both epistemological and social roles provide further sup”
The Happenstance Learning Theory (2009, background): “A valuable review of how attachment histories affect emotions in adult relationships has been provided by Mikulincer and Shaver (2005).”