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Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

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Psicolab — Three Implications of Adult Attachment Theory Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Three Implications of Adult Attachment Theory

The idea that romantic relationships may be attachment relationships has had a profound influence on modern research on close relationships. There are at least three critical implications of this idea. First, if adult romantic relationships are attachment relationships, then we should observe the same kinds of individual differences in adult relationships that Ainsworth observed in […]

Psicolab — Do We Observe the Same Kinds of Attachment Patterns Among Adults that We Observe Among Children? Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Do We Observe the Same Kinds of Attachment Patterns Among Adults that We Observe Among Children?

The earliest research on adult attachment involved studying the association between individual differences in adult attachment and the way people think about their relationships and their memories for what their relationships with their parents are like. Hazan and Shaver (1987) developed a simple questionnaire to measure these individual differences. (These individual differences are often referred […]

Psicolab — Do Adult Romantic Relationships "Work" in the Same Way that Infant-Caregiver Relationships Work? Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Do Adult Romantic Relationships "Work" in the Same Way that Infant-Caregiver Relationships Work?

There is now an increasing amount of research that suggests that adult romantic relationships function in the same ways as infant-caregiver relationships, with some noteworthy exceptions, of course. Naturalistic research on adults separating from their partners at an airport demonstrated that behaviors indicative of attachment-related protest and caregiving were evident, and that the regulation of […]

Psicolab — Are Attachment Patterns Stable from Infancy to Adulthood? Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Are Attachment Patterns Stable from Infancy to Adulthood?

Perhaps the most provocative and controversial implication of adult attachment theory is that a person´s attachment style as an adult is shaped by his or her interactions with parental attachment figures. Although the idea that early attachment experiences might have an influence on attachment style in romantic relationships is relatively uncontroversial, hypotheses about the source […]

Psicolab — Outstanding Questions and Future Directions for Research on Adult Attachment Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Outstanding Questions and Future Directions for Research on Adult Attachment

There are a number of questions that current and future research on attachment needs to address. For example, it is probably the case that, while some romantic relationships are genuine attachment relationships, others are not. It will be necessary for future researchers to find ways to better determine whether a relationship is actually serving attachment-related […]

Psicolab — The evolution and function of adult attachment: A comparative and phylogenetic analysis Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

The evolution and function of adult attachment: A comparative and phylogenetic analysis

Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). The evolution and function of adult attachment: A comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 731-746. Abstract Although the evolutionary functions of attachment in infant– caregiver relationships are undisputed, it is unclear what functions—if any—attachment serves in adult romantic relationships. […]

Psicolab — Quantitative methods in personality research Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Quantitative methods in personality research

Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). Quantitative methods in personality research. In B. Everett and D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Statistics (Vol. 3, pp. 1637-1641). New York: Wiley.

Psicolab — Daily depression and cognitions about stress: Evidence for a trait-like depressogenic cognitive style and the prediction of depressive symptoms in a prospective daily diary study Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Daily depression and cognitions about stress: Evidence for a trait-like depressogenic cognitive style and the prediction of depressive symptoms in a prospective daily diary study

Hankin, B. L., Fraley, R. C., & Abela, J. R. Z. (2005). Daily depression and cognitions about stress: Evidence for a trait-like depressogenic cognitive style and the prediction of depressive symptoms in a prospective daily diary study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 673-685. Abstract The authors examined the stability and dynamic structure of […]

Psicolab — The sexual double standard: Fact or fiction? Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

The sexual double standard: Fact or fiction?

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The sexual double standard: Fact or fiction? Sex Roles, 52, 175-186. Abstract In contemporary society it is widely believed that men are socially rewarded for sexual activity, whereas women are derogated for sexual activity. To determine whether a sexual double standard exists, both undergraduate (n = 144) […]

Psicolab — Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs across the life course Psicologia Sociale e del Comportamento

Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs across the life course

Fraley, R. C., & Roberts, B. W. (2005). Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs across the life course. Psychological Review, 112, 60-74. Abstract In contemporary psychology there is debate over whether individual differences in psychological constructs are stable over extended periods of time. The authors […]