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Avoidant strategy in insecure females

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Bin-Bin Chen  and
Dan Li
Bin-Bin Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China. b-bchen@hotmail.comlidan501@126.com
Dan Li
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China. b-bchen@hotmail.comlidan501@126.com
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Abstract

This commentary cites evidence to argue that girls growing up in a competitive and aggressive environment are more likely to shift to avoidant attachment than to ambivalent attachment in middle childhood. These avoidant women are also more likely to favor a short-term mating strategy. The role of oxytocin (OT) and early experience in shaping an avoidant attachment in females is also discussed.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 25 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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