@article{ref1,
title="Proximity seeking in adult attachment: Examining the role of automatic approach–avoidance tendencies",
journal="British journal of social psychology",
year="2008",
author="Dewitte, Marieke and Houwer, Jan and Buysse, Ann and Koster, Ernst H. W.",
volume="47",
number="4",
pages="557-573",
abstract="In two experiments, participants made symbolic approach and avoidance movements towards or away from attachment figure- and acquaintance-related cues after being primed with a distressing or a non-distressing context. Results showed that automatic approach responses towards the attachment figure were stronger in a distressing than in a non-distressing context, regardless of whether the source of distress was attachment-relevant or -irrelevant and regardless of one's attachment style. Individual differences in attachment anxiety and avoidance were associated with the predicted patterns of approach–avoidance tendencies: attachment anxiety heightened the tendency to approach the attachment Figure (Experiments 1 and 2), whereas attachment avoidance reduced this tendency (Experiment 2). Findings are discussed as providing first evidence on the role of automatic action tendencies in adult attachment.<p />",
language="",
issn="0144-6665",
doi="10.1348/014466607X265148",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/014466607X265148"
}