Anxious-preoccupied attachment
Anxious-preoccupied attachment is a form of attachment with a strong wish for intimacy, a fear of being ignored, and the constant need for reassurance.[1] Those with anxious-preoccupied attachment tend to be sensitive to emotional cues and external pain.[2]
Causes
Psychologists believe that such attachment is caused by the increased activation of a person's amygdala during social appraisal tasks,[2] making him or her more likely to project his or her "actual self" onto others.[2]
Research
Research found that younger adults had higher levels of anxious-preoccupied attachment than older adults.[3]
References
- ↑ What Is the Anxious Preoccupied Attachment Style and What Causes It?. The Attachment Project (March 20, 2025). Retrieved March 29, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
- Ainsworth, M. D. S. (1992). A consideration of social referencing in the context of attachment theory and research. In S. Feinman (Ed.), Social referencing and the social construction of reality (pp. 349–367). New York: Plenum.
- Van Buren, Amy. Attachment Styles, View of Self and Negative Affect. North American Journal of Psychology 4 (3) (2002). p. 417–430. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- Levy, Kenneth N.. Attachment style. Journal of Clinical Psychology 67 (2) (November 24, 2010). p. 193–203. doi:10.1002/jclp.20756. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- Campbell, Lorne. Anxious Attachment and Relationship Processes: An Interactionist Perspective. Journal of Personality (February 7, 2011). p. 1219–1249. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00723.x. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- Katz, Michael. Crying in psychotherapy among Israeli patients and its relation to the working alliance, therapeutic change and attachment style (in en). Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 22 (2) (2022). p. 439–457. doi:10.1002/capr.12458.
- ↑ Segal, Daniel L.. Age Differences in Attachment Orientations among Younger and Older Adults: Evidence from Two Self-Report Measures of Attachment (in en). The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 69 (2) (2009-09-01). p. 119–132. doi:10.2190/AG.69.2.c.
