Dismissive avoidant attachment often gets a bad rap and, sometimes, that can be justified based on “bad” behavior in relationships. That said, dismissive avoidant people are also widely misunderstood.

As a fundamental aspect of personality, attachment style develops early in life, when infants formulate inner ideas of those who are charged with caring for them. Luckily, most people emerge from ...

The push/pull dynamic is a label for relationships where one demands more time and attention while the other remains ...

Attachment styles are a crucial part of how we relate to others, especially in romantic and close relationships. These styles ...

While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

Some couples can’t get enough — or too much — of each other. Here’s why, according to the anxious–avoidant push-pull of ...

Attachment styles fall along a continuum of different aspects, typified by anxiety and avoidance. There are four main attachment styles measured along those dimensions: secure attachment, ...

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of ...