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Title: Romantic Attachment Styles and Coping Behaviors in Long-Distance Romantic Relationships
Authors: Freitas, Gary Joseph
Advisors: Hoffman, Mary Ann
Department/Program: Counseling and Personnel Services
Type: Dissertation
Keywords: Psychology, General (0621)
Psychology, Clinical (0622)
Education, Social Sciences (0534)
Adult attachment, romantic relationships, long-distance, coping, romantic attachment
Issue Date: 30-Apr-2004
Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to examine romantic attachment styles and approaches to coping among individuals presently involved in long-distance romantic relationships (LDRs). Those in proximal relationships (PRs) were also recruited for comparison purposes. Results revealed that those in LDRs were significantly younger, lived further apart from their partners, used less confrontation coping, and had lower levels of avoidance of intimacy than their PR counterparts. There were no differences in the proportions of the four romantic attachment styles represented in the LDR and PR sub-samples. For those in LDRs, secure individuals were more satisfied than participants in any other attachment category. Among those in LDRs who were insecurely attached, preoccupied individuals reported greater relationship satisfaction than fearful participants. For those in PRs, secure individuals were more satisfied than those in any other attachment category. Secure and preoccupied individual...
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1492
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