A Secure Base
Responsive Support of Goal Strivings and Exploration in Adult Intimate Relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brooke C Feeney (0000-0001-6195-6338, Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 631-648 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.87.5.631 |
| PMID | 15535776 |
| OpenAlex | W2087429902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 113 |
| References cited | 40 |
A theoretical framework is proposed for examining the interpersonal processes involved in the support of a relationship partner's goal strivings, personal growth, and exploratory behavior, and for examining consequences of receiving either responsive or unresponsive support in this domain. These processes were examined using both observational and experimental methods. In Phase 1, couples were videotaped as they discussed personal goals for the future. In Phase 2, support behavior was experimentally manipulated to examine immediate effects on the recipient. Results indicated that responsive (nonintrusive) support of a relationship partner's goal strivings and explorations have important implications for the recipient's happiness, self-esteem, and perceived likelihood of achieving specific goals. The importance of research examining this type of support is discussed
Developmental psychology · Happiness · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Social support · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Emotional suppression during personal goal pursuit impedes goal strivings and achievement
Partner Support and Goal Outcomes
Here one time, gone the next
Lightening the load
Perceptions of romantic partners’ responsiveness during a period of stressful uncertainty
Intimate Partner Violence
Close Relationships
Close Relationships
Social Relationships in Adulthood
Relational regulation theory
Transactive goal dynamics.
Parental Attachment and Peer Relationships in Adolescence
Helping Each Other Grow
Attachment, loss, and complicated grief
The Suffocation of Marriage
Adult Attachment Orientations, Stress, and Romantic Relationships
Communal Coping and Adjustment to Chronic Illness
Good News! Capitalizing on Positive Events in an Interpersonal Context
A New Look at Social Support
Revising Working Models Across Time
Partner Contributions to Goal Pursuit
Late-Midlife and Older Couples' Shared Possible Selves and Psychological Well-being During Times of Illness
Couples’ perceptions of interpersonal emotion regulation receipt and provision predict well-being across adulthood
Do Relationship Styles Moderate Influences of Perceived Maternal Support on Early Adolescents’ Well-Being
The Psychology of Workplace Mentoring Relationships
The relationship between social support and interpersonal self-efficacy among higher vocational college students
Réflexions sur la relation d’attachement chez l’aidant
Theory of Motivated Cue-Integration and Covid-19
Mind the Gap
Can Generative AI Chatbots Emulate Human Connection? A Relationship Science Perspective
Interparental Positivity Spillover Theory
Using attachment theory to conceptualize and measure the experiences in human-AI relationships
The impact of non-harmonious goals on partner support and taking on opportunities
Mechanisms Linking Attachment Orientation to Sleep Quality in Married Couples
Thank You for Changing
With or Without You? People Feel Less Autonomous During Social Interactions, Except With Close Others
Social support as a source of vitality among college students
Losing the Wind Beneath Your Wings
For Better or for Worse? Outsourcing Self-Regulation and Goal Pursuit
The Dyadic Nature of Self-Evaluations
Just Tell Me What to Do
The Merits of Goal Support as a Self-Control Strategy
A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Perceived Partner Support From Relational and Individual Variables
Filling the Void
Effects of Cost and Benefit of Prosocial Behavior on Reputation
Skilled Support Within Intimate Relationships
Beyond Satisfaction
The world looks better together
Emotional Education Governance Based on School-Family Collaboration
Effect of Romantic Relationship on Implicit Regional Prejudice
The longitudinal influence of supportive messages on stress reactivity and general well-being for LGBTQ+ recipients of hate speech
Adaptação ao divórcio e relações coparentais
Will you be there for me when things go right? Supportive responses to positive event disclosures
The generalization of attachment representations to new social situations
Close relationships and self-regulation
Creating good relationships
Loving freedom
Daily goal progress is facilitated by spousal support and promotes psychological, physical, and relational well-being throughout adulthood
Experimental findings on God as an attachment figure
When “together” means “too close
When power shapes interpersonal behavior
Projection of responsiveness to needs and the construction of satisfying communal relationships
Relationship influences on exploration in adulthood
Who am I in it for? Interpersonal Goals and Secure Base Support
Adult attachment
A Pilot Randomized Trial of Intervention Components Addressing Drug Use in Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) with Male Couples
The effect of daily leader secure‐base support on employees' daily performance
A pilot study exploring compassion in narratives of individuals with psychosis
The Role of Maternal Attachment in the Experience of Labor Pain
When Curiosity Breeds Intimacy
Regulatory Focus and the Interpersonal Dynamics of Romantic Partners’ Personal Goal Discussions
Attachment and Displacement
A little acceptance is good for your health
Affiliation with new peer acquaintances during two initial social support interactions
Relationship quality promotes the desire for closeness among distressed avoidantly attached individuals
Goal conflict in retirement
Responsive behaviors in good times and in bad
The dependency paradox in close relationships
What makes early adults feel loved? Cultural consensus of felt love experiences in early adulthood
Attachment theory at work
Social Resources as Cognitive Structures
Pets as safe havens and secure bases
Attachment, perceptions of care and caregiving to romantic partners and friends
Partner support and goal outcomes during Covid‐19
Attachment to groups
With or without you
Mere presence is not enough
What Can Counseling Psychology Contribute to the Study of Optimal Human Functioning
Perceived responses to capitalization attempts are influenced by self‐esteem and relationship threat
Interpersonal touch as a resource to facilitate positive personal and relational outcomes during stress discussions
Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need
The Role of World Beliefs in Loneliness
Preemptive Buffering
Intergenerational Caregiving
My Tears Have Been My Food, Both Day and Night
Responsive social support serves important functions in clinical communication
Dyadic conflict in goal-relevant activities affects well-being and psychological functioning in employed parents
Social Support is a Balancing Act
Decolonizing methods
Security enhancement, self-esteem threat, and mental depletion affect provision of a safe haven and secure base to a romantic partner
Handbook of Personal Relationships
Attachment and loss
Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
Continuity of Adaptation in the Second Year
A Secure Base from Which to Explore Close Relationships
Forming inferences about some intraclass correlation coefficients.
The Circle of Security project
Working Models of Attachment, Support Giving, and Support Seeking in a Stressful Situation
Motivations for Caregiving in Adult Intimate Relationships
Stress and Social Support—in Search of Optimal Matching
A Leap of Faith? Positive Illusions in Romantic Relationships
Attachment and Loss. Vol. 1. Attachment
Infant-Mother Attachment
Handbook of Social Support and the Family
The Insecure/Ambivalent Pattern of Attachment
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
The Self-Efficacy Scale
Internal working models of caregiving and security of attachment at age six
Handbook of attachment
Within-person variation in security of attachment
Support seeking and support giving within couples in an anxiety-provoking situation
Close partner as sculptor of the ideal self
Assessing secure base behavior in adulthood
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits
Close relationships as including other in the self
A safe haven
Personal goals and interpersonal support and hindrance as factors in psychological distress and well-being
Personal goals and social support in close relationships
Impact of causal attributions on affective reactions to success and failure
Predictors of caregiving in adult intimate relationships
Victims' perceptions of social support
Attachment and exploration in adulthood
Love and work
Recipients' Perceptions of Support Attempts and Attributions for Support Attempts that Fail
| Unique citing works | 113 |
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| Citations per year | 5,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 107 |