Attachment and relationships
How people form bonds with those close to them, and the patterns that repeat in relationships.
7 terms
Attachment
From the bond between infant and caregiver to close adult relationships.
- Attachment theory 依恋理论
- A theory of how infants form emotional bonds with caregivers and draw security from them.
- Adult attachment styles 成人依恋类型
- How adults handle closeness in relationships, usually described by attachment anxiety and avoidance.
Relationship patterns
Recurring cycles of interaction in couples and families.
- Demand–withdraw pattern 要求-退缩模式
- A conflict cycle in which one partner presses for change and the other avoids or withdraws.
- Drama triangle 戏剧三角
- A model of conflict in which people take and swap the roles of persecutor, rescuer and victim.
- Personal boundaries 心理边界
- The personal limits people set around their body, time, feelings and belongings.
- Gaslighting 煤气灯效应
- Psychological manipulation that makes someone doubt their own memory, perception or judgment.
- Codependency 共依存
- A relationship pattern of over-focusing on, caring for or controlling another person at one’s own expense.