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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 4, 552-560 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205282740
© 2006 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Transference and Attachment: How Do Attachment Patterns Get Carried Forward From One Relationship to the Next?

Claudia Chloe Brumbaugh

R. Chris Fraley

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This research investigated how working models of attachment are carried forward fromone relationship to the next. A two-part study was conducted in which participants learned about two potential dating partners: one that was constructed to resemble a romantic partner from their past and one that resembled a partner from another participant's past. Results showed that people applied their attachment representations of past partners to both targets but did so to a greater degree when the target resembled a past partner. People also tended to feel more anxious and less avoidant toward the target that resembled their past partner. Overall, the findings were consistent with the hypothesis that working models of attachment are transferred in both general and selective ways in new relationships.

Key Words: adult attachment • transference • social cognition • cognition and affect


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