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Preoccupied Attachment

Preoccupied Attachment is a relational attachment pattern characterized by an anxious and ambivalent orientation toward close relationships, distinguished by heightened dependency, hypervigilance to relational cues, and a preoccupation with attachment figures due to perceived unresponsiveness or inconsistency in caregiving.

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Variants

Anxious-preoccupied Attachment

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347

The first 10,000 Adult Attachment Interviews: distributions of adult attachment representations in clinical and non-clinical groups

Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn · Attachment & Human Development · 2009 · 915 citations

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Conflict in close relationships: An attachment perspective.

Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Steven Rholes, Dede Phillips · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1996 · 784 citations

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The relationship between adult attachment styles and emotional and cognitive reactions to stressful events.

Mario Mikulincer, Víctor Florián · 1998 · 664 citations

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The Insecure/Ambivalent Pattern of Attachment: Theory and Research

Jude Cassidy, Lisa J. Berlin · Child Development · 1994 · 569 citations

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Intimacy‐Anger and Insecure Attachment as Precursors of Abuse in Intimate Relationships<sup>1</sup>

Donald G. Dutton, Keith Donald Saunders, Andrew Starzomski et al. · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 1994 · 548 citations

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Authors

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  1. GI
    Glenn I. Roisman

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    9 publications · 351 citations

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  2. AB
    Anna Buchheim

    Universität Innsbruck, Austria

    6 publications · 209 citations

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  3. AB
    Annie Bernier

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    6 publications · 560 citations

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  4. WS
    W. Steven Rholes

    Texas A&M University, United States

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. SR
    Samantha Reis

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    6 publications · 200 citations

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Institutions

501

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    721 citations

  3. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    503 citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    848 citations

  5. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    922 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    270 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    425 citations

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Venues

  1. Attachment & Human Development

    23 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Development and Psychopathology

    11 publications · 860 citations

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  3. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

    JSPR · 11 publications · 764 citations

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  4. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

    10 publications · 285 citations

    9

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  5. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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