Human Growth and Development / Unit 12 HGD 1692 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Intimacy and Adult Attachment
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The idea
Intimacy, in Sharabany's account, has eight dimensions, including frankness, sensitivity, exclusivity, giving and taking, shared activity, trust, loyalty and attachment.
In practice
Secure adult attachment predicting conflict resolution, trust, closeness and satisfaction in couples.
Where people slip
Hazan and Shaver's work links these adult patterns to the attachment styles first described in infancy.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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