Attachment in Adulthood: Recent Developments, Emerging Debates, and Future Directions

Posted: 18 Jan 2019

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R. Chris Fraley

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date Written: January 2019

Abstract

Some of the most emotionally powerful experiences result from the development, maintenance, and disruption of attachment relationships. In this article, I review several emerging themes and unresolved debates in the social-psychological study of adult attachment, including debates about the ways in which attachment-related functions shift over the course of development, what makes some people secure or insecure in their close relationships, consensual nonmonogamy, the evolutionary function of insecure attachment, and models of thriving through relationships.

Suggested Citation

Fraley, R. Chris, Attachment in Adulthood: Recent Developments, Emerging Debates, and Future Directions (January 2019). Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 70, pp. 401-422, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3318180 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102813

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