Attachment, Relationship Maintenance, and Stress in Long Distance and Geographically Close Romantic Relationships

Influence of attachment dimensions on relational maintenance behaviors in long-distance versus geographically close romantic relationships

The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Trust in the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Romantic Attachment in Indian Adults

Background: Childhood trauma encompasses neglect, abuse, abandonment, witnessing abuse, and having mentally ill and/or parent(s) who engaged in substance abuse. Survivors of trauma are more likely to report insecure attachment styles. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate the indirect pathways underlying the relationship between childhood trauma and romantic attachment among adults in In...

College Students' Use of Relational Management Strategies in Email in Long-Distance and Geographically Close Relationships

This study examines how email is utilized to enact maintenance behaviors in interpersonal relationships and explores whether geographic distance between individuals affects this process. Two hundred twenty-six college students accumulated personal email messages over a one-week period. These emails were coded using Canary and Stafford’s (1994) maintenance strategy topology. Results indicate tha...

Predictors of satisfaction in geographically close and long-distance relationships.

In this study, the authors examined geographically close (GCRs) and long-distance (LDRs) romantic relationship satisfaction as explained by insecure attachment, self-disclosure, gossip, and idealization. After college student participants (N = 536) completed a Web survey, structural equation modeling (SEM) multigroup analysis revealed that the GCR and LDR models were nonequivalent, as expected....

RUNNING HEAD: Attachment relationships and adolescent psychological health Attachment Relationships and Adolescent Psychological Health: The Influence of Romantic Relationships

Research demonstrates that attachment relationships play important roles in adolescent psychological health. The influence of romantic relationships on adjustment is less clear. Using a cross-sectional sample of 515 adolescents, the current study examines whether romantic relationships replace the influence of other attachment relationships on adolescent psychological health. Regression analyse...