interpersonal relationships: attachment

interpersonal relationships: attachment

1. there are three different kinds of adult attachment that result from early child-parent attachment

   • secure
     • tust in others, belief that one is worth and liked not fear of being abandoned
   • avoidant
     • dismissive of attachment needs,
     • attempts to be intimate or close to others are uncomfortable
     • feel difficulty to trust in others or depend on others
     • feel insecure in relationships but also the need to be completely self reliant
     • feel distance from others and during stress seek detachment from others
   • ancvious
     • concern one will not reciprocate ones desire for intimacy
     • want to merge with someone and this scares people away at times
     • constantly seek closeness from relationships then feel insecure bout the relationship
     • doing stressful times they excessively try to get closer to others