December 2009
List of Attachment-Related Publications
by Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
Books
Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.). (1999). Handbook of attachment: Theory,
research, and clinical applications. New York: Guilford Press.
Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook of attachment: Theory,
research, and clinical applications (2nd edition). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Goodman, G. S. (Eds.). (2006). Dynamics of romantic love:
Attachment, caregiving, and sex. New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Attachment in adulthood: Structure,
dynamics, and change. New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.). (2010). Prosocial motives, emotions, and
behavior: The better angels of our nature. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (Eds.). (in press). Human aggression and violence:
Causes, manifestations, and consequences. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.). (under contract). Good and evil: The social
psychology of morality and immorality. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Articles and Book Chapters
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Balluerka, N., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). A Spanish version of the
ECR adult attachment questionnaire. Personal Relationships, 14, 45–63.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Balluerka, N., Shaver, P.R., & Gillath, O. (2008). Psychometric
properties of the Spanish and American versions of the ECR adult attachment questionnaire:
A comparative study. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 24, 9-13.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shaver, P. R., & Yárnoz, S. (2002). Insecure attachment, gender
roles, and interpersonal dependency in the Basque Country. Personal Relationships, 9, 479490.
Al-Yagon, M., & Mikulincer, M. (2004). Socio-emotional and academic adjustment
among children with learning disorders: The mediational role of attachment-based factors.
Journal of Special Education, 38, 111-123.
Al-Yagon, M., & Mikulincer, M. (2004). Patterns of close relationships and socioemotional and academic adjustment among school-age children with learning disability.
Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19, 12-19.
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Al-Yagon, M., & Mikulincer, M. (2006). Children’s appraisal of teacher as a secure
base and their socioemotional and academic adjustment in middle childhood. Research in
Education, 75, 1-18.
Aron, A., Fisher, H. E., Mashek, B., Strong, G., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Li, H.,
& Brown, L. L. (under review). Attachment style dimensions and neural activations
associated with romantic love.
Banai, E., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2005). “Selfobject” needs in Kohut’s self
psychology: Links with attachment, self-cohesion, affect regulation, and adjustment.
Psychoanalytic Psychology, 29, 224-260.
Banai, E., Weller, A., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). Interjudge agreement in evaluation of
adult attachment style: The impact of acquaintanceship. British Journal of Social Psychology,
37, 95-109.
Bartholomew, K., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Methods of assessing adult attachment: Do
they converge? In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and close
relationships (pp. 25-45). New York: Guilford Press.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2001). The association of mothers’
attachment style and their reactions to the diagnosis of infant’s congenital heart disease.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 20, 208-232.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2001). Attachment style and mental health:
A one-year follow-up study of mothers of infants with congenital heart disease. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 8, 956-968.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2003). Marital satisfaction among mothers
of infants with congenital heart disease: The contribution of illness severity, attachment style,
and the coping process. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 16, 397-415.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Mothers’ attachment style, their
mental health, and their children’s emotional vulnerabilities: A 7-year study of mothers of
children with congenital heart disease. Journal of Personality, 76, 31-65.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Segal, Y. (2005). Rorschach correlates of
self-reported attachment dimensions: Dynamic manifestations of hyperactivating and
deactivating strategies. Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 70-81.
Birnbaum, G. E., Orr, I., Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1997). When marriage
breaks up: Does attachment style contribute to coping and mental health? Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships, 14, 643-654.
Birnbaum, G. E., Reis, H. T., Mikulincer, M., Gillath, O., & Orpaz, A. (2006). When
sex is more than just sex: Attachment orientations, sexual experience, and relationship
quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 929-943.
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Brassard, A., Shaver, P. R., & Lussier, Y. (2007). Attachment, sexual experience,
and sexual pressure in romantic relationships: A dyadic approach. Personal Relationships, 14,
475-494.
Brennan, K. A., Clark, C. L., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Self-report measurement of
adult romantic attachment: An integrative overview. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.),
Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 46-76). New York: Guilford Press.
Brennan, K. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1993). Attachment styles and parental divorce.
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 21, 161-175.
Brennan, K. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1995). Dimensions of adult attachment, affect
regulation, and romantic relationship functioning. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 21, 267-283.
Brennan, K. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Attachment styles and personality disorders:
Their connections to each other and to parental divorce, parental death, and perceptions of
parental caregiving. Journal of Personality, 66, 835-878.
Brennan, K. A., Shaver, P. R., & Tobey, A. E. (1991). Attachment styles, gender, and
parental problem drinking. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 8, 451-466.
Cassidy, J., Poehlmann, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.). (in press). Special issue: An
attachment perspective on incarcerated parents and their children. Attachment and Human
Development.
Cassidy, J., Poehlmann, J., & Shaver, P. R. (in press). An attachment perspective on
incarcerated parents and their children: Introduction to the special issue. Attachment and
Human Development.
Cassidy, J., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., & Lavy, S. (2009). Experimentally induced
security influences responses to psychological pain. Journal of Social and Clinical
Psychology, 28, 463-478.
Clark, C. L., Shaver, P. R., & Abrahams, M. F. (1999). Strategic behaviors in
romantic relationship initiation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 707-720.
Cohen, M. X., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Avoidant attachment and hemispheric
lateralization of the processing of attachment- and emotion-related words. Cognition and
Emotion, 18, 799-813.
Cohen, O., Birnbaum, G. E., Meyuchas, R., Levinger, Z., Florian, V., & Mikulincer,
M. (2005). Attachment orientations and spouse support in adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
Psychology, Health, & Medicine, 10, 161-165.
Cooper, M. L., Shaver, P. R., & Collins, N. L. (1998). Attachment styles, emotion
regulation, and adjustment in adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74,
1380-1397.
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Crawford, T. N., Livesley, W. J., Jang, K. L., Shaver, P. R., Cohen, P., & Ganiban, J.
(2007). Insecure attachment and personality disorder: A twin study of adults. European
Journal of Personality, 21, 191-208.
Crawford, T. N., Shaver, P. R., Cohen, P., Pilkonis, P. A., Gillath, O., & Kasen, S.
(2006). Self-reported attachment, interpersonal aggression, and personality disorder in a
prospective community sample of adolescents and adults. Journal of Personality Disorders,
20, 331-351.
Crawford, T. N., Shaver, P. R., & Goldsmith, H. (2007). How affect regulation
moderates the association between anxious attachment and neuroticism. Attachment and
Human Development, 9, 95-109.
Crowell, J. A., Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1999). Measurement of adult
attachment. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research,
and clinical applications (pp. 434-465). New York: Guilford Press.
Crowell, J. A., Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Measurement of individual
differences in adolescent and adult attachment. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.),
Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd ed., pp. 599-634).
New York: Guilford Press.
Davidovitz, R., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Ijzak, R., & Popper, M. (2007).
Leaders as attachment figures: Their attachment orientations predict leadership-related mental
representations and followers’ performance and mental health. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 93, 632-650.
Davis, D., Shaver, P. R., & Vernon, M. L. (2003). Physical, emotional, and behavioral
reactions to breaking up: The roles of gender, age, emotional involvement, and attachment
style. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 871-884.
Davis, D., Shaver, P. R., & Vernon, M. L. (2004). Attachment style and subjective
motivations for sex. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1076-1090.
Davis, D., Shaver, P. R., Widaman, K. F., Vernon, M. L., Follette, W. C., & Beitz, K.
(2007). “I can’t get no satisfaction”: Insecure attachment, inhibited sexual communication,
dissatisfaction, and coercion. Personal Relationships, 13, 465-483.
Dinero, R. E., Conger, R. D., Shaver, P. R., Widaman, K. F., & Larsen-Rife, D.
(2008). Influence of family of origin and adult romantic partners on romantic attachment
security. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 622-632.
Doron, G., Moulding, R., Kyrios, M., Nedeljkovic, M., & Mikulincer, M. (in press).
Adult attachment insecurities are related to obsessive compulsive phenomena. Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology.
Edelstein, R. S., Alexander, K. W., Shaver, P. R., Goodman, G. S., Schaaf, J. M., &
Quas, J. A. (2004). Adult attachment style and parental responsiveness during a stressful
event. Attachment and Human Development, 6, 31-52.
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Edelstein, R. S., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Avoidant attachment: Exploration of an
oxymoron. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.), Handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 397412). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Ein-Dor, T., Doron, G., Solomon, Z., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (in press).
Together in pain: Attachment-related dyadic processes and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Ein-Dor, T., Mikulincer, M., Doron, G., & Shaver, P. R. (in press). The attachment
paradox: How can so many of us (the insecure ones) have no adaptive advantages?
Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Ein-Dor, T., Reizer, A., Shaver, P. R., & Dotan, E. (under review). Standoffish, yes,
but they can hit the ball! Evidence that avoidant attachment predicts professional tennis
rankings. Psychological Science.
Erez, A., Sleebos, E., Mikulincer, M., van Ijzendoorn, M. H., Ellemers, N., &
Koonenberg, P. M. (in press). Attachment anxiety, intra-group (dis)respect, actual efforts, and
group donation. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Erez, A., Mikulincer, M., van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Kroonenberg, P. M. (2007).
Attachment, personality, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in an attachment-theoretical
framework. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 64-74.
Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1997). Fear of personal death in adulthood: The impact
of early and recent losses. Death Studies, 21, 1-24.
Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). Symbolic immortality and the management of
the terror of death: The moderating role of attachment style. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 74, 725-734.
Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Bucholtz, I. (1995). Effects of adult attachment style
on the perception and search for social support. The Journal of Psychology, 129, 665-676.
Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Hirschberger, G. (2002). The anxiety buffering
function of close relationships: Evidence that relationship commitment acts as a terror
management mechanism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 527-542.
Fournier, B., Brassard, A., & Shaver, P. R. (under review). Attachment and intimate
partner violence: The demand-withdraw communication pattern and relationship satisfaction
as mediators. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Fraley, R. C., Davis, K. E., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Dismissing avoidance and the
defensive organization of emotion, cognition, and behavior. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes
(Eds.), Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 249-279). New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., Garner, J. P., & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult attachment and the
defensive regulation of attention and memory: Examining the role of preemptive and
postemptive defensive processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 816-826.
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Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1997). Adult attachment and the suppression of
unwanted thoughts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1080-1091.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Airport separations: A naturalistic study of adult
attachment dynamics in separating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
75, 1198-1212.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1999). Loss and bereavement: Attachment theory and
recent controversies concerning grief work and the nature of detachment. In J. Cassidy & P.
R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp.
735-759). New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult romantic attachment: Theoretical
developments, emerging controversies, and unanswered questions. Review of General
Psychology, 4, 132-154.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Attachment theory and its place in
contemporary personality theory and research. In O. P. John & R. W. Robins (Eds.),
Handbook of personality: Theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 518-541). New York: Guilford
Press.
Frei, J. R., & Shaver, P. R. (2002). Respect in close relationships: Prototype
definition, self-report assessment, and initial correlates. Personal Relationships, 9, 121-139.
Gillath, O., Bunge, S. A., Shaver, P. R., Wendelken, C., & Mikulincer, M. (2005).
Attachment-style differences in the ability to suppress negative thoughts: Exploring the neural
correlates. NeuroImage, 28, 835-847.
Gillath, O., Giesbrecht, B., & Shaver, P. R. (2009). Attachment, attention, and
cognitive control: Attachment style and performance on general attention tasks. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 647–654.
Gillath, O., McCall, C., Shaver, P. R., & Blascovich, J. (2008). What can virtual
reality teach us about prosocial tendencies in real and virtual environments? Media
Psychology, 11, 259-282.
Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Does subliminal
exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on men and women? Journal of Sex
Research, 44, 1-11.
Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G. E., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). When sex
primes love: Subliminal sexual priming motivates relational goal pursuit. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1057-1069.
Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Fitzsimons, G. M., Shaver, P. R., Schachner, D. A., &
Bargh, J. A. (2006). Automatic activation of attachment-related goals. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1375-1388.
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Gillath, O., Schachner, D. A., & Shaver, P. R. (under review). Attachment security
and sexual strategies: The effects of experimentally enhanced security on preferences for
short- and long-term mating strategies.
Gillath, O., Selcuk, E., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Moving toward a secure attachment
style: Can repeated security priming help? Social and Personality Compass, 2, 1651-1666.
Gillath, O., Sesko, A. K., Shaver, P. R., & Chun, D. S. (in press). Attachment,
authenticity, and honesty: Dispositional and experimentally induced security can reduce selfand other-deception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Gillath, O., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Effects of attachment style and relationship
context on selection among relational strategies. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 968976.
Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Baek, J-M., & Chun, D. S. (2008). Genetic correlates of
adult attachment style. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1396-1405.
Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). An attachment-theoretical
approach to compassion and altruism. In P. Gilbert (Ed.), Compassion: Conceptualizations,
research, and use in psychotherapy (pp. 121-147). London: Brunner-Routledge.
Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Nitzberg, R. A., Erez, A., & van
IJzendoorn, M. H. (2005). Attachment, caregiving, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in
an attachment-theoretical framework. Personal Relationships, 12, 425-446.
Granqvist, P., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). Religion as attachment:
Normative processes and individual differences. (Special Issue: Religiosity: Perspectives
from Social and Personality Psychology, edited by C. Sedikides). Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 14, 49-59.
Hart, J. J., Shaver, P. R., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2005). Attachment, self-esteem,
worldviews, and terror management: Evidence for a tripartite security system. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 999-1013.
Hart, J., Shaver, P. R., & Goldenberg, J. L. (under review). Further evidence for a
security system model of attachment, self-esteem, and worldviews: The effects of security
boosts on defensiveness.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment
process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 511-524.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1990). Love and work: An attachment-theoretical
perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 59, 270-280. Reprinted in 2002 in
A. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), The social psychology reader. New York: Psychology
Press.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1992). Broken attachments: Relationship loss from the
perspective of attachment theory. In T. L. Orbuch (Ed.), Close relationship loss: Theoretical
approaches (pp. 90-107). New York: Springer-Verlag.
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Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Attachment theory as an organizational
framework for research on close relationships. Psychological Inquiry, 5, 1-22.
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Deeper into attachment theory. Psychological
Inquiry, 5, 68-79.
Hirschberger, G., Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (2002). The anxiety buffering
function of close relationships: Mortality salience effects on the readiness to compromise
mate selection standards. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 609-625.
Hirschberger, G., Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (2003). Strivings for romantic
intimacy following partner complaint or partner criticism: A terror management perspective.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20, 675-687.
Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1988). Fear and affiliation reconsidered from a
stress and coping perspective. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7, 214-233.
Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1990). Attachment theory and religion: Childhood
attachments, religious beliefs, and conversion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 29,
315-334.
Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1992). An attachment-theoretical approach to
romantic love and religious belief. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 266-275.
Koski, L. R., & Shaver, P. R. (1997). Attachment and relationship satisfaction across
the lifespan. In R. J. Sternberg & M. Hojjat (Eds.), Satisfaction in close relationships (pp. 2655). New York: Guilford Press.
Kunce, L. J., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). An attachment-theoretical approach to
caregiving in romantic relationships. In K. Bartholomew & D. Perlman (Eds.), Advances in
personal relationships (Vol. 5, pp. 205-237). London, England: Kingsley.
Lavy, S., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). Autonomy-proximity imbalance:
An attachment theory perspective on intrusiveness in romantic relationships. Personality and
Individual Differences, 48, 552-556.
Lavy, S., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2009). Intrusiveness in
romantic relationships: A cross-cultural perspective on imbalances between proximity and
autonomy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26, 989-1008.
Lawler, M. J., Shaver, P. R., & Goodman, G. S. (in press). Toward relationship-based
child welfare services. Children and Youth Services Review.
Levy, K. N., Blatt, S. J., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Attachment styles and parental
representations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 407-419.
Lo, C., Walsh, A., Mikulincer, M., Gagliese, L., Zimmermann, C., Rodin, G. (in
press). Measuring attachment security in patients with advanced cancer: Psychometric
properties of a modified and brief experiences in close relationships scale. Psycho-Oncology.
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Makariev, D., & Shaver, P. R. (in press). Attachment, parental incarceration, and
possibilities of intervention: An overview. Attachment and Human Development.
Mickelson, K. D., Kessler, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1997). Adult attachment in a
nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 10921106.
Mikulincer, M. (1995). Attachment style and the mental representation of the self.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 1203-1215.
Mikulincer, M. (1997). Adult attachment style and information processing: Individual
differences in curiosity and cognitive closure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
72, 1217-1230.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Adult attachment style and individual differences in functional
versus dysfunctional experiences of anger. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74,
513-524.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Attachment working models and the sense of trust: An
exploration of interaction goals and affect regulation. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 74, 1209-1224.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Adult attachment style and affect regulation: Strategic
variations in self-appraisals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 420-435.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Adult attachment style and strategies of affect regulation:
Working hypotheses and review of empirical findings. Psychologia, 7, 33-48. (Hebrew)
Mikulincer, M. (2000). Personal dependency. In E. F. Borgatta, & R. J. V.
Montgomery (Eds.), Encyclopedia of sociology (2nd ed., Vol. 3, pp. 2062-2069). New York:
MacMillan Reference.
Mikulincer, M. (2001). Adult psychological development: Attachment. In N. J.
Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral
sciences (pp. 147-151). Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
Mikulincer, M. (2006). Attachment, caregiving, and sex within romantic relationships:
A behavioral systems perspective. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), Dynamics of
romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 23-44). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M. (in press). An attachment perspective on disordered grief reactions and
the process of grief resolution. Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and
Bereavement.
Mikulincer, M., & Arad, D. (1999). Attachment working models and cognitive
openness in close relationships: A test of chronic and temporary accessibility effects. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 710-725.
Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G., Woddis, D., & Nachmias, O. (2000). Stress and
accessibility of proximity-related thoughts: Exploring the normative and intraindividual
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components of attachment theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 509523.
Mikulincer, M., Dolev, T., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Attachment-related strategies
during thought-suppression: Ironic rebounds and vulnerable self-representations. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 940-956.
Mikulincer, M., & Erev, I. (1991). Attachment style and the structure of romantic
love. British Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 273-291.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1995). Appraisal and coping with a real-life stressful
situation: The contribution of attachment styles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
21, 408-416.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1996). Emotional reactions to loss over the life span:
An attachment perspective. In S. McFadden & C. Magai (Eds.), Handbook of emotions, adult
development, and aging (pp. 269-285). New York: Academic Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1997). Are emotional and instrumental supportive
interactions beneficial in times of stress? The impact of attachment style. Anxiety, Stress, and
Coping, 10, 109-127.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1998). The relationship between adult attachment
styles and emotional and cognitive reactions to stressful events. In J. A. Simpson & W. S.
Rholes (Eds.,) Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 143-165). New York: Guilford
Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1999). The association between spouses’ self-reports
of attachment styles and representations of family dynamics. Family Process, 38, 69-83.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1999). The association between parental reports of
attachment style and family dynamics and offspring’s reports of adult attachment style.
Family Process, 38, 243-257.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1999). Maternal-fetal bonding, coping strategies, and
mental health during pregnancy: The contribution of attachment style. Journal of Social and
Clinical Psychology, 18, 255-276.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2000). Exploring individual differences in reactions to
mortality salience: Does attachment style regulate terror management mechanisms? Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 260-273.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2001). Attachment style and affect regulation:
Implications for coping with stress and mental health. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark
(Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes (pp. 537-557).
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., Birnbaum, G., & Malishkevich, S. (2002). The deathanxiety buffering function of close relationships: Exploring the effects of separation
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reminders on death-thought accessibility. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28,
287-299.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., Cowan, P. A., & Cowan, C. P. (2002). Attachment
security in couple relationships: A systemic model and its implications for family dynamics.
Family Process, 41, 405-434.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Hirschberger, G. (2003). The existential function of
close relationships: Introducing death into the science of love. Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 7, 20-40.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Hirschberger, G. (2004). The terror of death and the
quest for love: An existential perspective on close relationships. In J. Greenberg, S. L. Koole,
& T. Pyszczynski (Eds.), Handbook of experimental existential psychology (pp. 287-304).
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Reprints or electronic versions of many of these articles and chapters are available from the
authors at the following addresses:
Phillip R. Shaver
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8686
U.S.A.
E-mail: prshaver@ucdavis.edu
Web site: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Shaver
Mario Mikulincer
The New School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
P.O. Box 167
Herzliya 46150
ISRAEL
E-mail: mario@idc.ac.il
Web site: http://www.idc.ac.il/psychology