Research That Looked at the Impact of Early Attachment on Later

question 9

Multiple Choice

Research that looked at the impact of early attachment on later intimate romantic relationships found that

• A) there was a direct link between early attachment and the ability to have intimate, romantic relationships in early adulthood.
• B) there was no predictive value of early attachment once the quality of later peer relationships was considered.
• C) the quality of peer relations together with early attachment was more predictive of some aspects of adult relationships than either attachment or peer relationships on their own.
• D) early attachment predicted the positive aspects of romantic relationships, but peer relations predicted the negative aspects.

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