Romantic relationships, attachment styles, and experiences of childhood
Part of : Hellenic journal of psychology ; Vol.4, No.3, 2007, pages 281-309
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281-309
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Social development and social context
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relations between adult attachmentstyles in romantic relationships with the memories of the experiences with parents duringchildhood in a sample of university students. The sample comprised 822 university students,392 males and 430 females, aged 18-27 years. The Experiences in Close RelationshipsInventory (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998) was used in order to assess participants' attachmentstyle in romantic relationships. Participants' memories of experiences with parents andpartner were assessed with Hazan and Shaver's (1987) Adjective Checklist. Chi-square testsindicated that the majority of females had an anxious/ambivalent attachment style in theirromantic relationship, while the majority of males had an avoidant/dismissing or avoidant/fearfulattachment style. Participants' descriptions of their mother, father and parental relationshipwere associated with their attachment style. As far as their current romantic relationshipswere concerned, participants who had a secure or an anxious/ambivalent attachment style, unlikeparticipants with avoidant/fearful style of attachment, tended to have a long-standingromantic relationship and used positive adjectives to describe their partners. Finally, females,compared to males, used more positive adjectives to describe their partner.
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attachment styles, memories of experiences of childhood, romantic relationships
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