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Attachment Maintenance

Attachment Maintenance is a theoretical construct within attachment theory that refers to the cognitive and behavioral processes employed by individuals to sustain proximity, emotional connection, and relationship stability with attachment figures in close relationships.

135

Publications

12.8K

Citations

311

Authors

140

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

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Publications

135

Attachment Theory and Affect Regulation: The Dynamics, Development, and Cognitive Consequences of Attachment-Related Strategies

Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver, Dana Pereg · Motivation and Emotion · 2003 · 1.7K citations

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Continuity of Adaptation in the Second Year: The Relationship between Quality of Attachment and Later Competence

Leah Matas, Richard Arend, L. Alan Sroufe · Child Development · 1978 · 1.2K citations

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Cross-Cultural Studies of Attachment Organization: Recent Studies, Changing Methodologies, and the Concept of Conditional Strategies

Mary Main · Human Development · 2010 · 731 citations

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Measurement of individual differences in adolescent and adult attachment.

Judith A. Crowell, R. Chris Fraley, Phillip R. Shaver · 2008 · 620 citations

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Attachment disorganization: Unresolved loss, relational violence, and lapses in behavioral and attentional strategies.

Karlen Lyons‐Ruth, Deborah Jacobvitz · 1999 · 474 citations

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Authors

311

  1. PR
    Phillip R. Shaver

    University of California, Davis, United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  2. WS
    W. Steven Rholes

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 128 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JA
    Jeffry A. Simpson

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 201 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. CL
    Christine L. Tyrrell

    University of Delaware, United States

    2 publications · 447 citations

    2

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  5. KM
    Koki Mimura

    National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

140

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    2K citations

  2. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    277 citations

  3. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    600 citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    295 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    225 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    673 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    281 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

    JSPR · 5 publications · 678 citations

    5

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    4 publications · 758 citations

    4

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  3. Clinical Social Work Journal

    3 publications · 128 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

    3 publications · 748 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 43 citations

    3

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