Gender Differences in Attachment Styles Using Slovak Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised (ECR-R)

• Authors: Gabriela Rozvadský Gugová , Anton Heretik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is a vast amount of literature on similarities and differences of women and men experiencing (close) relationships and using different strategies for coping with daily stress and significant life events. Western folk psychology expects women to be generally more anxious and men to be more avoidant when solving close-relationship conflicts and experiences in long term relationships. We used the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R) questionnaire that is based on the Attachment-style theory distinguishing four distinct attachment styles - secure, anxious/ambivalent, disoriented/disorganized and avoidant.

Keywords

EN

experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R); anxiety; avoidance; coping

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Technologica Dubnicae
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 29-36

Dates

published

2011-12-01

online

2015-07-16

Contributors

author

Gabriela Rozvadský Gugová

• Dubnica Technological Institute, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

author

Anton Heretik

• Dubnica Technological Institute, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/atd-2015-0043