Attachment in Adulthood: Recent Developments, Emerging Debates, and Future Directions

Robert Christopher Fraley

doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102813

Attachment in Adulthood: Recent Developments, Emerging Debates, and Future Directions

Robert Christopher Fraley

Psychology

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Abstract

Some of the most emotionally powerful experiences result from the development, maintenance, and disruption of attachment relationships. In this article, I review several emerging themes and unresolved debates in the social-psychological study of adult attachment, including debates about the ways in which attachment-related functions shift over the course of development, what makes some people secure or insecure in their close relationships, consensual nonmonogamy, the evolutionary function of insecure attachment, and models of thriving through relationships.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	401-422
Number of pages	22
Journal	Annual review of psychology
Volume	70
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102813
State	Published - Jan 4 2019

Keywords

attachment
continuity
individual differences
personality change
relationships

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology(all)

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Fraley, R. C. (2019). Attachment in Adulthood: Recent Developments, Emerging Debates, and Future Directions. Annual review of psychology, 70, 401-422. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102813

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