Attachment Styles and Love Theories

Attachment Styles

• Secure: Comfortable with intimacy, independent, and emotionally regulated
• Anxious-Preoccupied: Crave intimacy, anxious about rejection, and overly dependent
• Dismissive-Avoidant: Fear intimacy, prioritize independence, and suppress emotions
• Fearful-Avoidant: Fear intimacy, anxious about rejection, and emotionally dysregulated

Love and Attachment Theories

• Triangular Theory of Love: Intimacy, passion, and commitment
• Attachment Theory: Internal working models of self and others influence relationships
• Social Exchange Theory: Relationships as a cost-benefit analysis

Relationship Development

• Proximity: Physical closeness increases attraction
• Similarity: Shared characteristics and interests strengthen bonds
• Reciprocity: Mutual liking and responsiveness
• Self-Disclosure: Gradual sharing of personal information builds trust

Conflict and Communication

• Conflict Styles: Avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating
• Active Listening: Empathetic and attentive communication
• Emotional Intelligence: Recognizing and managing emotions in oneself and others

Relationship Maintenance

• Social Support: Emotional, informational, and tangible support
• Intimacy: Emotional closeness and vulnerability
• Commitment: Investment and dedication to the relationship

Relationship Dissolution

• Uncoupling: process of breaking up and redefining identities
• Loss and Grief: Coping with the emotional aftermath of a breakup
• Rebound Relationships: Quickly forming new relationships as a coping mechanism

Attachment Styles

• Secure attachment style is characterized by comfort with intimacy, independence, and emotional regulation.
• Anxious-preoccupied individuals crave intimacy, are anxious about rejection, and tend to be overly dependent.
• Dismissive-avoidant people fear intimacy, prioritize independence, and suppress emotions.
• Fearful-avoidant individuals fear intimacy, are anxious about rejection, and are emotionally dysregulated.

Love and Attachment Theories

• Triangular Theory of Love proposes that intimacy, passion, and commitment are essential components of romantic love.
• Attachment Theory suggests that internal working models of self and others influence relationships and attachment styles.
• Social Exchange Theory views relationships as a cost-benefit analysis, where individuals weigh the pros and cons of a partnership.

Relationship Development

• Proximity increases attraction, as physical closeness fosters feelings of familiarity and comfort.
• Similarity in characteristics and interests strengthens bonds between partners.
• Reciprocity, or mutual liking and responsiveness, is a key factor in relationship development.
• Gradual self-disclosure, or the sharing of personal information, builds trust and intimacy.

Conflict and Communication

• Conflict styles include avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.
• Active listening involves empathetic and attentive communication to resolve conflicts and promote understanding.
• Emotional intelligence, or the ability to recognize and manage emotions in oneself and others, is crucial for effective conflict resolution.

Relationship Maintenance

• Social support, including emotional, informational, and tangible support, is essential for relationship maintenance.
• Intimacy, or emotional closeness and vulnerability, helps maintain a strong bond between partners.
• Commitment, or the investment and dedication to the relationship, is vital for long-term success.

Relationship Dissolution

• Uncoupling involves the process of breaking up and redefining identities outside of the relationship.
• Coping with the emotional aftermath of a breakup often involves a process of loss and grief.
• Rebound relationships, or quickly forming new relationships as a coping mechanism, can be a common response to a breakup.