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Attachment Theory and Adult Romantic Relationships: A Critical Review

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Attachment theory's extension from infant caregiving to adult romance is one of the most productive analogies in modern psychology — and one of the most frequently overstated. This review distinguishes the claims that survive longitudinal testing from those that rest on cross-sectional self-report, and argues that attachment style is better modelled as relationship-specific than as a stable trait.

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1 Abstract
2 From Infant Bonding to Adult Pair Bonds
3 The Four-Category Model
4 Longitudinal Evidence and Stability
5 Measurement Problems in Self-Report
6 Toward a Relationship-Specific Model
7 Conclusion
8 References

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