The article translates the three major infant attachment styles—secure, avoidant, and anxious/ambivalent—into terms appropriate for adult romantic love.
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- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Phillip-Shaver/publication/19588648_Romantic_Love_Conceptualized_as_an_Attachment_Process/links/63d191c7e922c50e99c2b3fa/Romantic-Love-Conceptualized-as-an-Attachment-Process.pdf (researchgate.net)
- https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Romantic-love-conceptualized-as-an-attachment-Hazan-Shaver/dc48c6b4021dfbb5d7ba16032ca3ecb7777cb7ab (semanticscholar.org)
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