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Attachment Networks in Committed Couples
This study explored attachment networks in committed couples who differed in parenting choice and relationship status. Attachment networks were defined in terms of attachment functions, attachment strength, the presence of a primary figure, and full-blown attachments. Participants were 198 couples,...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31156517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01105 |
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author | Carli, Lucia L. Anzelmo, Elena Pozzi, Stefania Feeney, Judith A. Gallucci, Marcello Santona, Alessandra Tagini, Angela |
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description | This study explored attachment networks in committed couples who differed in parenting choice and relationship status. Attachment networks were defined in terms of attachment functions, attachment strength, the presence of a primary figure, and full-blown attachments. Participants were 198 couples, married or cohabiting, either expecting their first child or childless-by-choice. Results indicated that participants relied most strongly on partners for all attachment functions except secure base, for which they relied on mothers to a similar extent. Furthermore, expectant women reported more proximity seeking and stronger attachments to mothers, while expectant men relied more on fathers for safe haven. Married participants indicated less proximity seeking to partners than cohabiting couples, and married women reported less reliance on partners for safe haven than married men and cohabiting women. This study supports previous findings underlining the particular importance of partners for members of committed couples. Further, it extends past research by showing the robustness of this finding across parenting choice, and by revealing gender differences in the attachment networks of committed couples. |
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spelling | pubmed-65278992019-05-31 Attachment Networks in Committed Couples Carli, Lucia L. Anzelmo, Elena Pozzi, Stefania Feeney, Judith A. Gallucci, Marcello Santona, Alessandra Tagini, Angela Front Psychol Psychology This study explored attachment networks in committed couples who differed in parenting choice and relationship status. Attachment networks were defined in terms of attachment functions, attachment strength, the presence of a primary figure, and full-blown attachments. Participants were 198 couples, married or cohabiting, either expecting their first child or childless-by-choice. Results indicated that participants relied most strongly on partners for all attachment functions except secure base, for which they relied on mothers to a similar extent. Furthermore, expectant women reported more proximity seeking and stronger attachments to mothers, while expectant men relied more on fathers for safe haven. Married participants indicated less proximity seeking to partners than cohabiting couples, and married women reported less reliance on partners for safe haven than married men and cohabiting women. This study supports previous findings underlining the particular importance of partners for members of committed couples. Further, it extends past research by showing the robustness of this finding across parenting choice, and by revealing gender differences in the attachment networks of committed couples. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6527899/ /pubmed/31156517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01105 Text en Copyright © 2019 Carli, Anzelmo, Pozzi, Feeney, Gallucci, Santona and Tagini. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Carli, Lucia L. Anzelmo, Elena Pozzi, Stefania Feeney, Judith A. Gallucci, Marcello Santona, Alessandra Tagini, Angela Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title | Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title_full | Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title_fullStr | Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title_full_unstemmed | Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title_short | Attachment Networks in Committed Couples |
title_sort | attachment networks in committed couples |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31156517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01105 |
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