Assessment of Adolescent Attachment Styles via Narrative Responses to the Thematic Stimulus

Dyadic relationship of adult attachment patterns and interpersonal schemas in marital adjustment: Actor–partner effect model

“…Considering the parent-child relationship, the hierarchical structure within the relationship, and the parents' dominance over the child, the significant impact of the control axis is anticipated in this context. However, in the present study, it is believed that the lack of influence of the control axis on marital harmony stems from the emotional dimension of the relationship between couples (Uluç & Öktem, 2009;Tüzün & Soygüt, 2017).…”

“…Finally, the low reliability values of the subdimensions of the control axis in the Turkish version of the ISQ used to evaluate interpersonal schemas may have led to limitations in the evaluation of mediator roles. However, as far as we know, because there is no other instrument measuring interpersonal schemas, the ISQ was used in this study with reference to other studies (Hekimoğlu & Uluç, 2019; Uluç & Öktem, 2009; Tüzün & Soygüt, 2017).…”

“…Given that attachment is a behavioral system that activates caregiving and care-receiving behaviors, the attachment pattern is associated with the right axis (friendship  hostility) in the interpersonal behavior cycle. Research indicates that the right hemisphere of the interpersonal cycle is positively linked to secure attachment patterns and negatively linked to anxiety and avoidant attachment levels (Safran & Segal, 1990;Tüzün & Soygüt, 2017). However, despite theoretical discussions surrounding the connections between attachment representations and interpersonal representations, there remains a limited number of studies focusing on the relationships between mental representations of attachment and interpersonal expectations in marital relationships (Hekimo glu & Uluç, 2019).…”