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SUBMITTER: Beck LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076153 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beck Lindsey A LA Pietromonaco Paula R PR DeBuse Casey J CJ Powers Sally I SI Sayer Aline G AG
Journal of personality and social psychology 20130617 3
This research investigated how spouses' attachment styles jointly contributed to their stress responses. Newlywed couples discussed relationship conflicts. Salivary cortisol indexed physiological stress; observer-rated behaviors indexed behavioral stress; self-reported distress indexed psychological stress. Multilevel modeling tested predictions that couples including 1 anxious and 1 avoidant partner or 2 anxious partners would show distinctive stress responses. As predicted, couples with anxiou ...[more]