With or without you: Preliminary evidence that attachment avoidance predicts nondeployed spouses’ reactions to relationship challenges during deployment
- Borelli, J. L., Sbarra, D. A., Snavely, J. E., McMakin, D. L., Coffey, J. K., Ruiz, S. K., Wang, B. A., & Chung, S. Y. (2014). With or without you: Preliminary evidence that attachment avoidance predicts nondeployed spouses’ reactions to relationship challenges during deployment. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45(6), 478-487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037780
- Attachment avoidance, or having a relationship schema that involves avoiding thoughts or feelings about a threatened relationship, may influence military spouses adjustment during the deployment cycle. This study examined the effects of military wives levels of attachment avoidance on their relationship emotions and thoughts. Data suggest
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