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Similarities and differences regarding changes in attachment preferences and attachment styles in relation to romantic relationship length : longitudinal and concurrent analyses

UMEMURA, Tomotaka, Lenka LACINOVÁ, Kristína KOTRČOVÁ and R. Chris FRALEY

Basic information

Original name

Similarities and differences regarding changes in attachment preferences and attachment styles in relation to romantic relationship length : longitudinal and concurrent analyses

Authors

UMEMURA, Tomotaka (392 Japan, belonging to the institution), Lenka LACINOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kristína KOTRČOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and R. Chris FRALEY (840 United States of America)

Edition

Attachment & Human Development, Routledge, 2018, 1461-6734

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.215

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00100723

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000423623400002

Keywords in English

Adult attachment; attachment hierarchy; attachment styles; social and personal relationships; multilevel analysis

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 18/4/2018 13:23, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

This study examines whether attachment preferences and attachment styles with different figures (mother, father, romantic partner, and friends) change over the course of a romantic relationship. Study 1 employed a three-wave longitudinal sample of Czech young adults who were currently in a romantic relationship (N = 870; mean age = 21.57; SD = 1.51; 81% females). Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that, as romantic relationships progressed, attachment preferences for romantic partners increased and preferences for friends decreased. However, preferences for the mother or for the father did not change over time. The parallel pattern was found for attachment avoidance; as romantic relationships progressed, attachment avoidance with romantic partners decreased and avoidance with the best friend increased. Avoidance with mother or with father, however, did not change over time. Study 2 employed a cross-sectional international sample (n = 2,593;mean age = 31.99; SD = 12.13; 79%females). Multiple regression analyses replicated the findings of attachment avoidance in the longitudinal data.

Links

GAP407/12/0854, research and development project
Name: Cesty do dospělosti: longitudinální výzkum vývojových trajektorií a prediktorů autonomie a identity
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Paths to adulthood: longitudinal research of developmental trajectories and predictors of autonomy and identity

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