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Attachment Needs

Attachment Needs is a psychological construct denoting the innate human requirement for emotional closeness, security, and relational stability in interpersonal bonds, distinguished within attachment theory by its role in motivating proximity-seeking behaviors and shaping affective regulation strategies in response to perceived threat or stress.

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2017–2026

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396

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Roy F. Baumeister, Mark R. Leary · Psychological Bulletin · 1995 · 21.5K citations

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The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Roy F. Baumeister, Mark R. Leary · Psychological Bulletin · 1995 · 2.2K citations

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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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The developing mind: how relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are

Daniël J. Siegel · Choice Reviews Online · 2012 · 1.7K citations

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Within-person variation in security of attachment: A self-determination theory perspective on attachment, need fulfillment, and well-being.

Jennifer G. La Guardia, Richard M. Ryan, Charles E. Couchman et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2000 · 1.2K citations

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Mario Mikulincer

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    12 publications · 2K citations

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  2. PR
    Phillip R. Shaver

    University of California, Davis, United States

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. BC
    Brooke C. Feeney

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    7 publications · 720 citations

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  4. NL
    Nancy L. Collins

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 738 citations

    5

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  5. PF
    Peter Fonagy

    University College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 275 citations

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Institutions

468

  1. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    391 citations

  6. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    385 citations

  7. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    307 citations

  8. Reichman University

    Herzliya, Israel

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    878 citations

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Venues

  1. Personality and Individual Differences

    14 publications · 952 citations

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  2. Attachment & Human Development

    13 publications · 806 citations

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    12 publications · 4K citations

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  4. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

    JSPR · 8 publications · 911 citations

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  5. Psychoanalytic Psychology

    5 publications · 198 citations

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