“…Overall, the evidence is consistent with our model. People higher in anxious-ambivalence are more likely to turn to others for help with regulating their negative feelings, whereas those who are more avoidant distance themselves from others (e.g., Collins & Feeney, 2000;Mikulincer, 1998;Mikulincer, Florian, & Weller, 1993;Mikulincer, Orbach, & Iavnieli, 1998;Ognibene & Collins, 1998;Pietromonaco & Feldman Barrett, in press;Simpson, Rholes, & Nelligan, 1992). Indeed, for people high in attachment anxiety, the experimental activation of attachment security (i.e., via subliminally priming the word "love"), which may evoke a representation of an attachment figure, appears to provide a comforting or soothing effect by reducing the accessibility of terror-related words (Mikulincer, Shaver, & Horesh, this volume).…”