Working Models of Attachment and Daily Social Interactions

This study tested whether working models of attachment guide how people construe and respond to social interactions by examining immediate responses to a range of everyday interactions and to specific attachment-relevant interactions. Patterns for immediate reports were compared with those for more...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1997-12, Vol.73 (6), p.1409-1423
Main Authors: Pietromonaco, Paula R, Barrett, Lisa Feldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Attitudes
Attachment
Attachment Behavior
Attachment style
Biological and medical sciences
Defense Mechanisms
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Individuality
Influences
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal Conflict
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Memory
Mental Recall
Object Attachment
Personality Assessment
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self Concept
Social Interaction
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social Perception
Social psychology
Students - psychology
Working models
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Summary:This study tested whether working models of attachment guide how people construe and respond to social interactions by examining immediate responses to a range of everyday interactions and to specific attachment-relevant interactions. Patterns for immediate reports were compared with those for more memory-based, global reports. Secure, preoccupied, fearful, and dismissing participants provided immediate reports after their social interactions for 1 week and completed retrospective questionnaires. Attachment differences were accentuated in attachment-relevant, high-conflict interactions. Preoccupied participants responded more favorably after conflict than did secure or dismissing-avoidant participants. Immediate and retrospective patterns diverged in important ways. How working models contribute to perceptions may depend on the fit between attachment goals and the situation and on the extent of memory-based processing.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.73.6.1409