Attachment, attractiveness, and social interaction: A diary study

被引:162
作者
Tidwell, MCO
Reis, HT
Shaver, PR
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER, DEPT PSYCHOL, ROCHESTER, NY 14627 USA
[2] SUNY BUFFALO, DEPT PSYCHOL, BUFFALO, NY 14260 USA
[3] UNIV CALIF DAVIS, DEPT PSYCHOL, DAVIS, CA 95616 USA
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10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.729
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 [教育学]; 0402 [心理学];
摘要
To what extent are attachment styles manifested in natural social activity? A total of 125 participants categorized as possessing secure, avoidant, or anxious-ambivalent attachment styles kept structured social interaction diaries for 1 week. Several theoretically important findings emerged. First, compared with secure and anxious-ambivalent persons, avoidant persons reported lower levels of intimacy, enjoyment, promotive interaction, and positive emotions, and higher levels of negative emotions, primarily in opposite-sex interactions. Analyses indicated that avoidant persons may structure social activities in ways that minimize closeness. Second, secure people differentiated more clearly than either insecure group between romantic and other opposite-sex partners. Third, the subjective experiences of anxious-ambivalent persons were more variable than those of the other groups. Finally, the authors examined and rejected the possibility that attachment effects might be confounded with physical attractiveness. These findings suggest that feelings and behaviors that arise during spontaneous, everyday social activity may contribute to the maintenance of attachment styles in adulthood.
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页码:729 / 745
页数:17
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