In the midst of studying, i suddenly thought of something.
There are basically 3 groups for classifying adults but they may overlap also.
Secure adults: These adults are comfortable with intimacy and see themselves as worthy of receiving care and affection from others. They describe themselves as finding it relatively easy to get close to others and say they seldom worry about being abandoned. Secure adults tend to describe their most important love relationship as especially happy, friendly, and trusting. They tend to share their ideas and feelings with a partner. Secure adults are also more likely than others to describe their partners in positive terms – as caring, fair, and affectionate, and as having a good marriage.
Avoidant adults: These adults report being somewhat uncomfortable getting close to others or trusting a romantic partner completely. In describing their most important love relationship, avoidant adults tend to deny their attachment needs, view the ending of a romantic relationship as inconsequential, and focus more on work. They place great value on independence and self-reliance. They are less personally revealing to partners and (among college students) are more likely to engage in casual sexual encounters. Compared to secure adults, avoidant individuals tend to describe their parents as more demanding, critical, and uncaring.
Anxious/Ambivalent adults: These adults seek intimacy but worry that others won’t reciprocate their love. Anxious/ambivalent people describe their most important love relationship as involving obsession, desire for reciprocation, emotional highs and lows, and extreme sexual attraction and jealousy. They are more likely to fall in love at first sight and to feel unappreciated by romantic partners and coworkers. Compared to secure adults, anxious/ambivalent people tend to describe their parents as more intrusive and demanding, and their parents’ marriage as not so happy.
Yeah... so i was wondering about people after reading this, and deciding roughly which group they belong to, do they give much of a second thought?
In the sense like they are aware of both the "negative" and "positive" attributes, do they strive to change themselves to be better? Or do they take it and accept that they are in the group with the various different factors?
Like do avoidant adults continue to engage in even more casual sexual encounters?
