Diagram contrasting secure attachment in action: a person calmly seeking support during stress and offering support to a partner, alongside the secure-base cycle of exploring, returning for comfort, and exploring again

Secure Attachment

Secure attachment is the pattern of relating to close others with a basic sense of trust: comfort with intimacy, ease …

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Two-by-two diagram of the four attachment styles on the dimensions of attachment anxiety and avoidance: secure (low anxiety, low avoidance), anxious-preoccupied (high anxiety, low avoidance), avoidant-dismissive (low anxiety, high avoidance), and disorganized-fearful (high anxiety, high avoidance)

Attachment Styles

Attachment styles are the characteristic patterns in how people relate to close others — how comfortable they are with intimacy, …

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