In 2023, just about anyone studying up on how to be a better partner or improve a romantic connection is likely to encounter attachment styles in relationships.
Even if you aren’t familiar with attachment theory, the four popular attachment styles may ring a bell: anxious, avoidant, disorganized and secure.
This framework for human emotions and development has become a darling of relationship experts and pop psychology, frequently surfacing in podcasts, self-help articles, books and perhaps a meme you saw earlier today.
Anyone can now take a free 5-minute quiz to try to identify their own attachment style.
While many applications today are oversimplified or misinterpreted, the theory builds upon decades of rigorous research in the field of psychology.
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The cornerstone and early roots of attachment theory, starting some 75 years ago, zeroed in on infants and their bond ...
