Attachment Style And Relationships

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Submitted by tatidia7 on July 13, 2011

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Attachment Style And Relationships

Attachment Style and Relationships (part 1)

According to Sternberg’s model of love, the three components - passion, intimacy, and commitment - form the vertices of a triangle. Their various combinations create seven basic subtypes of love (Bolt, 2004.) These basic types of love include – Liking, Infatuated love, Romantic love, Empty love, Companionate love, Fatuous love and a Consummate love.
Passion is something that drives us to become attracted to a person in a romantic and sexual ways. Intimacy comes from the feeling of feeling close to each other and trusting one another. Commitment is the decision that a couple makes to maintain a long-term...

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