Attachment Styles and Conflict Behaviors

2016-11-16
The authors expected that associations between the representations individuals possess regarding romantic partners and their conflict behavior would be moderated by generalized attachment representations (GAR). To test this premise, college students (N = 130) were administered two attachment measures and were observed during conflict negotiation with their partners. The Relationship Styles Questionnaire assessed specific representations regarding partners and GAR were measured by the Adult Attachment Interview. The relationship between romantic partner representations and conflict tactics were dependent oil GAR. Individuals who possessed, secure GAR generally displayed good conflict management skills, regardless of their attachment representations regarding their romantic partners. Individuals who held more anxious or avoidant Perceptions of romantic Partners displayed more problematic conflict tactics if they possessed inset cure GAR; however, these associations were dependent on the type of conflict behavior and the type of insecure GAR. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Citation Formats
A. G. Demir, “Attachment Styles and Conflict Behaviors,” 2016, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47478.