TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Proximity seeking in adult attachment: Examining the role of automatic approach–avoidance tendencies
JO  - British journal of social psychology
A1  - Dewitte, Marieke
A1  - Houwer, Jan
A1  - Buysse, Ann
A1  - Koster, Ernst H. W.
SP  - 557
EP  - 573
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0144-6665
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/014466607X265148
ID  - ref1
ER  -