An experiment examined whether and how the relationship between individual differences in social attachment and cooperation is modulated by brain oxytocin, a neuropeptide implicated both in parent-child bonding, and in social approach. Healthy males completed a validated attachment style measure, received intranasal oxytocin or placebo, and privately chose between cooperation and non-cooperatio...

The concept of affect consciousness refers to the ability to perceive, reflect upon, express and respond to one’s own or other individuals’ affective experiences. The aim of this study was to investigate how affect consciousness and adult attachment are related. Three clinical groups (eating disorders, relational problems, and stress-related problems), and one non-clinical group (total N = 82) ...

This study replicates and extends exploratory research into the occurrence of attachment behaviours and parent fixation amongst people with dementia. Relationships between cognitive functioning, pre-morbid attachment style, attachment behaviours and parent fixation were examined. Fifty-three people with dementia, living in residential or nursing homes, completed the Standardised Mini-Mental Sta...

The current research examined whether people will attempt to modify internal aspects of the self to make them congruent with others, even when those modifications have negative implications for the self, a phenomenon we refer to as negative self-synchronization. We proposed that negative self-synchronization will occur only for individuals who are securely attached. Across 4 experiments, partic...

OBJECTIVE This study compared per-sextant periodontal attachment levels of smokers and non-smokers attending private dental practices. METHOD One thousand adults (51.5% female) aged 25 to 64 years underwent an oral clinical examination and questionnaire survey covering demographic characteristics, personal traits, coping and history of tobacco consumption. Medical history was also recorded. ...

The aim of the study was to compare adoptees and nonadoptees regarding their romantic relationship experiences model factors that predict these (psychological characteristics adoption pathway). Attachment, resilience, mental health, dyadic adjustment commitment were assessed in 220 adopted adults matched with nonadoptees. groups did not differ on experience love. Psychological predictive experi...

Twenty-four clients were asked to nominate an incident that was critical to the development of their therapeutic relationship with a therapist trainee. Therapist interventions within each client relationship-building incident (RBI) were identified. Relationships between therapist interventions and the attachment dimensions of anxiety and avoidance were examined. The results of multiple regressi...

The present study investigates the relationship between the attachment dimensions (anxious vs. avoidance) and the cognitive performance of individuals, specifically whether the attachment dimensions would predict the working memory (WM) performance. In the n-back task, reflecting the WM capacity, both attachment related and non-attachment related words were used. Participants were randomly assi...

the main purpose of this research was 10 study the relationship between attachment styles (secure. avoidant, ambivalent) and personality dimensions (neuroticism. extraversion, openness, agreeableness. consciousness) . two hundred and thirty three students ( 102 male. 131 female ) from the university of tehran participated in this study . adult attachment inventory (aai) was applied for measurin...