Two studies examined how destiny beliefs (that potential relationships are or are not "meant to be") interact with state attachment anxiety to predict forgiveness tendencies. In Study 1, participants experienced an experimental manipulation of attachment anxiety (vs. security) before indicating the degree to which they would forgive a series of hypothetical partner offenses. In Study 2, partici...

OBJECTIVE To examine infant attachment and developmental functioning shortly after international adoption. METHODS At 14 months, infant-mother attachment and mental (MDI) and psychomotor (PDI) development were assessed in 70 internationally adopted children. Mean age at arrival was 5.5 months, mean stay in the adoptive family 8.7 months. RESULTS Adopted children's MDI and PDI did not deviat...

This study investigated age and gender differences in the quality of attachment to mothers, fathers, and peers, and the association of attachment with measures of self-evaluation in 584 Chinese adolescents in junior high, high school, and university. Their responses to the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment indexed attachment quality, and self-evaluation was measured by the Rosenberg Self-...

Using the high resolution laser photoelectron attachment method, we demonstrate that the cross section for F- formation due to electron capture by F2(X{1}Sigma{g}{+}) molecules at very low energies exhibits p-wave threshold behavior. This finding confirms the theoretical expectation that low-energy attachment to F2 proceeds through the F2{-}(2Sigma{u}{+}) p-wave shape resonance in contrast with...

Treating Attachment Disordersfrom Theory to Therapy is a crisp account of the application of attachment theory in practice and an exceptionally engaging book to read. This second edition, and translation from the original German language, is written by Karl Heinz Brisch (MD), and includes a foreword by Lotte Köhler and an afterword by Inge Bretherton. Carefully written to balance the most up-to...

As competition in the social e-commerce industry intensifies, building high-quality relationships with users to increase customer loyalty and gain sustainable competitive advantage is important for platforms. Based on perspective of capital, this paper constructs a relationship model “social capital-peer influence-emotional attachment” based Red Booklet Poizon explores influence mechanism capit...

Background: Researches on attachment theory shows that attachment styles influence marital adjustment. However, some psychological factors moderate this correlation. The present study was aimed to examine the moderating role of defense mechanisms in the association between attachment styles and levels of marital adjustment. Methods: This descriptive-correlational study collected data from a co...