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. 2012 Sep-Oct;83(5):1689-702.
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01801.x. Epub 2012 Jun 13.

Shared and distinctive origins and correlates of adult attachment representations: the developmental organization of romantic functioning

Katherine C Haydon  1 , W A Collins, Jessica E Salvatore, Jeffry A Simpson, Glenn I Roisman
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Shared and distinctive origins and correlates of adult attachment representations: the developmental organization of romantic functioning

Katherine C Haydon et al. Child Dev. 2012 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

To test proposals regarding the hierarchical organization of adult attachment, this study examined developmental origins of generalized and romantic attachment representations and their concurrent associations with romantic functioning. Participants (N=112) in a 35-year prospective study completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and Current Relationship Interview (CRI). Two-way analysis of variance tested interactive associations of AAI and CRI security with infant attachment, early parenting quality, preschool ego resiliency, adolescent friendship quality, and adult romantic functioning. Both representations were associated with earlier parenting and core attachment-related romantic behavior, but romantic representations had distinctive links to ego resiliency and relationship-specific romantic behaviors. Attachment representations were independent and did not interactively predict romantic functioning, suggesting that they confer somewhat distinctive benefits for romantic functioning.

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