Intimate Partners Who Struggle With Formal Commitments: Attachment Styles, Major Challenges, and Clinical Implications

Autor: Jacey S. Coy, Marianne McInnes Miller
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Family Therapy. 42:232-242
ISSN: 1521-0383
0192-6187
DOI: 10.1080/01926187.2013.808138
Popis: In this article, we explore attachment perspectives of romantic relationships and intimate partner commitments. We then present four challenges faced by individuals who are in a relationship where an expressed problem is the lack of a formal commitment. The four challenges that we address are (a) lack of recognition for the relationship, (b) cultural/religious pressures, (c) not being financially ready for a formal commitment, and (d) differences in what a formal commitment means. We then provide real-life examples of four people struggling with formal commitment, and we conclude with clinical implications of this phenomenon.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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