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Using a dyadic design, we examined associations between adult attachment and relational ethics in a sample of 69 mixedgender
couples seeking therapy at a university clinic. Results showed significant variance between couples’ reports of
relational ethics, explained by male partners’ attachment avoidance and anxiety styles. Overall, when attachment anxiety
was high, partners themselves experienced greater relational ethics, but the other partner experienced lesser relational ethics.
Additionally, some important gender differences emerged. While higher attachment avoidance in men was related to
decreased relational ethics for both partners, increased attachment anxiety in men was related to their own reports of higher
relational ethics in the relationship. This work represents a step toward empirical integration of adult attachment theory and
contextual theory of therapy and points to opportunities for the development of clinical implications.
Contemporary Family Therapy
Coppola, J. & Gangamma, R. & Kawar, C. & Patton, R & Ramadoss, K (2021). Adult Romantic Attachment and Relational Ethics: A Dyadic Analysis of Couples in Therapy. <p>Contemporary Family Therapy</p>