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Adult Attachment Styles, Perceived Social Support and Coping Strategies:
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In this article, the relation between adult attachment styles, perceived social support and the use of various coping strategies was examined in a sample of young adults (N = 81) and participants completed measures of adult attachment style, perceived support from friends and family, and a modified version of the Ways of Coping scale, and rated the coping strategies they would most likely use in response to a series of hypothetical vignettes describing social and achievement related stressors.Abstract:
The relations between adult attachment styles, perceived social support and the use of various coping strategies was examined in a sample of young adults (N = 81). Participants completed measures of adult attachment style, perceived social support from friends and family, and a modified version of the Ways of Coping scale. In addition, participants rated the coping strategies they would most likely use in response to a series of hypothetical vignettes describing social- and achievement-related stressors. Results indicated that secure individuals perceived more available support from friends and family, and sought more social support in response to stress. Although preoccupied adults also sought social support in response to stress, they also tended to use escape/avoidance strategies. Dismissing and fearful individuals were much less likely to seek social support, and were more likely to distance themselves in some contexts. Finally, regression analyses indicated that the link between secure attachment and...read more
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The Attachment Behavioral System in Adulthood: Activation, Psychodynamics, and Interpersonal Processes.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the basic concepts in Bowlby's attachment theory, covering both the normative aspects of the attachment behavioral system and individual differences, and present an integrative model of attachment-system dynamics in adulthood.
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Understanding the Links Between Social Support and Physical Health: A Life-Span Perspective With Emphasis on the Separability of Perceived and Received Support.
TL;DR: A life-span perspective on social support and health that takes into account distinct antecedent processes and mechanisms that are related to measures of support over time is argued, highlighting the need to distinguish measures of perceived and received support and its links to more specific diseases.
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Attachment-related psychodynamics
TL;DR: It is shown that considerable progress has been made in testing central hypotheses derived from attachment theory and in exploring unconscious, psychodynamic processes related to affect-regulation and attachment-system activation.
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A safe haven: an attachment theory perspective on support seeking and caregiving in intimate relationships.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an attachment theoretical framework to investigate support-seeking and caregiving processes in intimate relationships and found that when support seekers rated their problem as more stressful, they engaged in more direct supportseeking behavior, which led their partners to respond with more helpful forms of caregiving.
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A New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving Through Relationships
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of thriving through relationships is presented to provide a theoretical foundation for identifying the specific interpersonal processes that underlie the effects of close relationships on thriving, highlighting two life contexts through which people may potentially thrive (coping successfully with life's adversities and actively pursuing life opportunities for growth and development).
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