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Love as a Battlefield: Attachment and Relationship Dynamics in Couples Identified for Male Partner Violence
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Allison, Colleen J.; Bartholomew, Kim; Mayseless, Ofra; Dutton, Donald G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
The authors explored the attachment dynamics of heterosexual couples identified for male partner violence. Based on semistructured interviews, participants were assessed for attachment orientations. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews, two strategies for regulating distance within these relationships were identified: pursuit and…
Descriptors: Proximity, Family Violence, Attachment Behavior, Males
Juggling the Roles of Parents, Therapists, Friends and Teachers--A Working Model for an Integrative Conception of Mentoring
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Goldner, Limor; Mayseless, Ofra – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2008
Mentoring programs for youth have become increasingly popular interventions and are generally effective in promoting proteges' wellbeing and functioning. Building on recent efforts to understand the interpersonal mechanisms underlying mentoring relationships, the authors apply central concepts from attachment, social support and social learning…
Descriptors: Mentors, Parent Role, Caregivers, Intimacy
Adult Attachment Patterns and Courtship Violence.
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Mayseless, Ofra – Family Relations, 1991
Explores possible relationships between adult attachment and violence among intimates. Describes insecure attachment patterns (Avoidant and Anxious/ambivalent), relating each to specific manifestations of courtship violence in dyadic interaction. Sees concepts contributing to understanding of courtship violence as exaggerated form of behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Dating (Social), Foreign Countries
Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Their Capacity for Intimacy in Close Relationships
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Mayseless, Ofra; Scharf, Miri – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
A secure "state of mind with regard to attachment", as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), as well as attachment styles as assessed by questionnaires (the two most prevalent facets of attachment representations assessed in adolescence and adulthood) were examined as potential contributors to adolescents' capacity for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Military Service, Intimacy, Attachment Behavior
Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Developmental Tasks in Emerging Adulthood
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Scharf, Miri; Mayseless, Ofra; Kivenson-Baron, Inbal – Developmental Psychology, 2004
The association between attachment representations and adolescents' coping with 3 developmental tasks of emerging adulthood-leaving home, advancing in the capacity for mature intimacy, and developing individuation-was examined. Israeli male adolescents (N = 88) were administered the Adult Attachment Interview during their high-school senior year.…
Descriptors: Military Service, Intimacy, Developmental Tasks, Coping
Gifted Adolescents and Intimacy in Close Same-Sex Friendships.
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Mayseless, Ofra – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
Fourteen male and 14 female gifted and 14 male and 14 female nongifted adolescents completed questionnaires about intimacy with the closest same-sex friend and attachment style. Results suggest that gifted adolescents may have a stronger instrumental orientation than others, something that does not give them an advantage in friendship in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Friendship