The current study examines both attachment style and the current romantic
relationship's influence on exploration. A sample was gathered of 152 female and 130
male undergraduate students from Texas A&M University. The study found that
attachment styles were related to the participants' perceptions of their partner with
regards to exploration. Specifically, avoidant people report using exploration as a means
to distance themselves from their partner. Anxious people respond that they are
dependant on their partner to explore. In addition, the study found that the Anxiety
dimension predicted exploration across a range of established scales from the literature.
Finally, the study presents evidence that the degree to which anxious people feel that they
explore out of dependency on their partner mediates the association between anxiety and
exploration. These findings highlight the importance of accounting for the current
relationship partner in future studies of exploration and attachment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/6002 |
| Date | 17 September 2007 |
| Creators | Martin, Archibald McLeish, III |
| Contributors | Rholes, W. Steven |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | 342871 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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