Are you at risk for romantic addiction? The answer lies in your attachment style, psychological flexibility, and emotion regulation

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships provides evidence that our early relationship blueprints shape our risk of developing an addiction to our romantic partners through two specific psychological processes. The findings suggest that the ability to remain psychologically flexible and regulate emotions serves as a bridge between a person’s attachment style and their likelihood of experiencing compulsive, unhealthy relationship dynamics. People bring deep-seated emotional blueprints into their adult romantic relationships. These blueprints, known in psychology as attachment styles, develop during early childhood interactions with primary caregivers. The resulting attachment styles function as internal working models that guide a person’s expectations, emotional responses, and coping strategies when they become close to others. A secure attachment style tends to emerge when...