Attachment Style And Relationships - Part Two

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Attachment Style and Relationships - Part Two Tracie PSY/220 March 25, 2012 Attachment Style and Relationships - Part Two Attachment is a particular emotional relationship that involves an exchange of comfort, care, and pleasure. When someone knows and understands if you have a secure, anxious or avoidant style of attachment is important because it control what happens in person romantic relationships. It influences how people think, feel, and behave with their relationships as adults. The way a person forms an attachment to their romantic partners is based upon the kind of care they received as an infant. A person characteristically forms an attachment to their primary caregiver, in one of three ways that will affect their love relations. Secure attachment, as children the parents would be warm and responsive and secure children feel safe and comfortable, and are able to discover and build up new skills with minimum anxiety or concern (Bolt, 2004). A person with a secure style of attachment will have more pleasing and longer lasting relationships. Secure individuals are comfortable being close to their partners (Attachment Styles, or Comfort with Intimacy, Influence How People Behave, 2004). They are more accepting to depend on them, and they are comfortable being dependent on another individual. The person is more trusting, open, and understanding, they approach problems and issues that may arise with their partners in a constructive manner (Bolt, 2004). People, who formed an anxious attachment as an infant, are more likely to be anxious with their love relationships as an adult because adults are constantly worried and anxious about their love life. They desire and very much need intimacy but, the person never stops questioning their partner’s love. Anxious individuals are concerned that their partners will leave them and obsessed with their mates

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