{"id":2690,"date":"2021-02-10T18:37:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfriendly.com\/blog\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:37:37","slug":"adult-attachment-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianfriendly.com\/blog\/adult-attachment-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Test and Adult Attachment Styles: Attachment and Romantic Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Bowlby\u2019s studies were primarily focused on understanding the infant\/caregiver relationship. He used the term \u201cattachment\u201d to describe the effective bond between the infant and primary caregiver. He believed the quality of attachment developed over time and the type of extension would affect the developing child.<\/p>\n<p>Later research explored the possibility that a person&#8217;s attachment style during childhood might influence their outlook and perception of romantic partners in adulthood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Summary<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e64ce647f35\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e64ce647f35\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/asianfriendly.com\/blog\/adult-attachment-styles\/#attachment_disorder\" >Attachment Disorder<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/asianfriendly.com\/blog\/adult-attachment-styles\/#love_test_and_attachment\" >Love Test and Attachment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/asianfriendly.com\/blog\/adult-attachment-styles\/#attachment_theories_and_the_love_test\" >Attachment Theories and the Love Test<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"attachment_disorder\"><\/span>Attachment Disorder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the late 1980s, researchers Coyne and DeLongis and Rook and Pietromonaco found that Romantic partners can give each other support, security, and happiness; on the one hand, but on the other, they can generate much distress, anxiety, and insecurity in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Haven and Shaver, in 1987, suggested that the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of affectional bonds in romantic relationships can be understood using the same principles outlined in respect to infant attachment processes.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Simpson, in 1990 confirmed most of Hazan and Shaver&#8217;s results using a sample of 144 dating couples. However, they found that the &#8216;attachment styles&#8217; of one partner did not necessarily match the &#8220;attachment style&#8221; of the other.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"love_test_and_attachment\"><\/span>Love Test and Attachment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another test related to this type of research (still ongoing) is the Love Test (a questionnaire of 68 items) developed by Betty Harris and Jim Glover in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>There are two versions of this test, the <strong>Concept Version <\/strong>(designed to assess what people think love is) and the Experience version (designed to assess peoples&#8217; experience of love).<\/p>\n<p>By September 1996, there had been 8848 respondents to the Concept Version and 5812 respondents to the Experience Version. This survey is still being analyzed; however, it is interesting to note some of the results already published about this current study.<\/p>\n<p>51.3% of the respondents were female, 48.7% male. The mean age is 25.2 years. 90% had been together 6 years or less, 94% 10 years or less, and 3% had been together over 15 years. Respondents were from various countries throughout the world, though the majority were from the USA and Canada.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"attachment_theories_and_the_love_test\"><\/span>Attachment Theories and the Love Test<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hazan and Shaver reported no gender differences in attachment style in their studies; however, what was found in the Love Test is that there tended to be more females who selected the &#8220;secure&#8221; or the &#8220;Avoidant attachment&#8221; styles than would be expected by chance and more males who set the &#8220;anxious\/ambivalent&#8221; attachment style than would be expected by chance.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding passion, intimacy, and commitment, securely attached respondents scored significantly higher than did either Avoidant or Anxious\/Ambivalent respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, research has found that people seem to construct internal affective\/cognitive models both of themselves and others during social development. These mental models appear to organize personality development and influence subsequent social behavior and love attachments formed in adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowlby\u2019s studies were primarily focused on understanding the infant\/caregiver relationship. He used the term \u201cattachment\u201d to describe the effective bond between the infant and primary caregiver. He believed the quality of attachment developed over time and the type of extension would affect the developing child. 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