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Your Love Lifts Me Higher! The Energizing Quality of Secure Relationships

Michelle Anne Luke · Constantine Sedikides · Katherine B. Carnelley

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Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion Psychological and Educational Research Studies

Abstract

Three studies tested and confirmed the hypothesis that secure attachment relationships lead to feelings of security and energy, as well as willingness to explore. In Study 1, priming a secure attachment relationship increased felt security and energy. In Studies 2 and 3, felt energy mediated the effect of (primed) secure attachment relationships on willingness to explore. In Study 3, the effect of (primed) secure attachment relationships on felt energy and willingness to explore was independent of general positive affect. Secure attachments energize partners, thus enabling exploration.

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