Fostering Attachment Security: The Role of Interdependent Situations.

ABSTRACT: This work adopts an Interdependence Theory framework to investigate how the features of interdependent situations that couples face in their daily life (i.e., situations in which partners influence each other's outcomes) shape attachment security toward their current partners. An experience sampling study examined attachment tendencies and features of interdependent situations that people experience with their partner in daily life to predict satisfaction and trust in their relationship, and changes in attachment avoidance and anxiety toward their partner over time. Results revealed that encountering situations with corresponding outcomes (i.e., situations in which both partners have the same preferences) and with information certainty (i.e., situations in which there is clear knowledge of

SUBMITTER: Righetti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7589934 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature