Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801, USA.
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 30;17(19):7178. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17197178.
A core idea of attachment theory is that security develops when attachment figures are responsive to a person's connection needs. Individuals may be more or less secure in different relationships. We hypothesized that individuals who perceive a current relationship partner as being responsive to their needs will feel more secure in that specific relationship, and that the benefits of perceived partner responsiveness would be more pronounced for individuals who generally feel insecure. The current study included 472 individuals (236 couples) in romantic relationships. Consistent with our predictions, individuals who perceived more responsiveness from their partner displayed lower partner-specific attachment anxiety and partner-specific avoidance, especially when they were generally insecure. These findings are discussed in terms of the conditions that promote secure attachment bonds.
依恋理论的一个核心观点是，当依恋对象对一个人的连接需求做出反应时，安全性就会发展。个人在不同的关系中可能会有更多或更少的安全感。我们假设，那些认为当前关系伴侣对自己的需求做出反应的人会在特定的关系中感到更安全，而对于那些普遍感到不安全的人来说，感知到伴侣的反应能力的好处会更加明显。本研究包括 472 名（236 对）处于浪漫关系中的个体。与我们的预测一致，那些感知到伴侣更多反应能力的个体表现出较低的特定于伴侣的依恋焦虑和特定于伴侣的回避，尤其是当他们普遍感到不安全时。这些发现是根据促进安全依恋关系的条件来讨论的。
