Insecure Attachment, Friendship Closeness, and Quality of Romantic Relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15705390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hanyan Yu (Shanghai Customs College), Ziying Wang (0000-0002-4977-3077, University of Macau), William W Chen (0000-0003-2474-4007, University of Macau, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 920-931 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Emerging Adulthood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2167-6968 • E-ISSN: 2167-6984 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21676968251332682 |
| OpenAlex | W4409155885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
The current study explored the relationships among adult attachment, friendship closeness, and romantic relationship quality in emerging adulthood. A total of 229 Chinese emerging adults participated in the study and answered a series of self-report questionnaires regarding study variables. According to the results, we found that attachment avoidance had a stronger negative association with the quality of romantic relationships than attachment anxiety for Chinese young people. Moreover, moderation analysis demonstrated that higher friendship closeness would only alleviate the negative relation between avoidant attachment and romantic relationship quality. For Chinese avoidantly attached individuals, developing higher closeness in their friendships can be instrumental in protecting the quality of their romantic relationships from their avoidance attachment orientation. The findings advanced the understanding of attachment insecurity as well as its implications for emerging adult romantic relationships in the Chinese cultural context and further identified the protective role of friendship closeness in such association
Attachment theory · Closeness · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Physics · Psychoanalysis · Quality (philosophy · Romance · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Modern factor analysis
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The Measurement of Perceived Relationship Quality Components
The new life stage of emerging adulthood at ages 18–29 years
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Better me, better us
Roots of Adult Attachment
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Romantic relationships and psychological distress among adolescents
A Meta‐Analysis of Friendship Qualities and Romantic Relationship Outcomes in Adolescence
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Understanding Relationship Quality
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Models of the self and other
Children's perceptions of the personal relationships in their social networks
Attachments beyond infancy
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Culture and the self
Perceptions of Conflict and Support in Romantic Relationships
Emerging adulthood
Individualism and collectivism
Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process
Help Wanted
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |