A new analysis of psychological data suggests that manipulative personality traits may stem from deep-seated insecurities ...

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The single best explanation for that lightning-fast slide from “disagreement” to “I’m under attack” is attachment sensitivity ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. An “attachment style” refers to the way we form emotional bonds and connect ...

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Source: Jorisvo/Getty Images Sex does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, our sexual functioning is likely influenced by views of self and others that developed out of ...

This meta-analytic review (k = 5-10; N = 258-895) examined links between attachment insecurity and physiological activity at baseline and in response to interpersonal stress elicited by ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, ...