Effects of Attachment Styles on the Experience of Equity in Heterosexual Couples Relationships

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Grau ◽  
Jörg Doll
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Equity Ratio

Abstract. Employing one correlational and two experimental studies, this paper examines the influence of attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant) on a person’s experience of equity in intimate relationships. While one experimental study employed a priming technique to stimulate the different attachment styles, the other involved vignettes describing fictitious characters with typical attachment styles. As the specific hypotheses about the single equity components have been developed on the basis of the attachment theory, the equity ratio itself and the four equity components (own outcome, own input, partner’s outcome, partner’s input) are analyzed as dependent variables. While partners with a secure attachment style tend to describe their relationship as equitable (i.e., they give and take extensively), partners who feel anxious about their relationship generally see themselves as being in an inequitable, disadvantaged position (i.e., they receive little from their partner). The hypothesis that avoidant partners would feel advantaged as they were less committed was only supported by the correlational study. Against expectations, the results of both experiments indicate that avoidant partners generally see themselves (or see avoidant vignettes) as being treated equitably, but that there is less emotional exchange than is the case with secure partners. Avoidant partners give and take less than secure ones.

Early parental loss and intimate relationships in adulthood: A nationwide study.

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Lim Høeg ◽  
Christoffer Johansen ◽  
Jane Christensen ◽  
Kirsten Frederiksen ◽  
Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Parental Loss ◽  
Nationwide Study

Emotional abuse perspectives from women who end abusive intimate relationships

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pusavat ◽  
Barbara M. Vollmer ◽  
Laura Finkelstein ◽  
Sarah Kass ◽  
Vanessa Laskowski
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Emotional Abuse
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