Review of recent studies on adult attachment and the prospects for the future studies

セイジン ノ アイチャク スタイル ケンキュウ ノ ガイカン ト コンゴ ノ テンボウ ゲンザイ セイジン ノ アイチャク スタイル ケンキュウ ガ ナイホウ スル モンダイ トハ

カネマサ, ユウジ

Kanemasa, Yuji

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

内的作業モデル

愛着次元

愛着対象

関係性

adult attachment style

internal working model

attachment dimension

attachment figure

relationship

Recently there has been numerous studies concerning about adult attachment, especially in Western countries. Studies on adult attachment offer the developmental and time-series perspective to understand interpersonal relationship because they are based on Bowlby’s attachment theory. Having these benefits, adult attachment studies have been conducted from various points of view, and the amount of knowledge has been accumulated. However, problems involved in adult attachment studies increase while their research areas are extending. This paper firstly makes brief reference to Bowlby’s attachment theory which is the root of adult attachment studies, and then, notes two methods of adult attachment measure mainly used in recent researches (the Adult Attachment Interview—AAI and the Adult Attachment Questionnaire—AAQ). After that, this paper reviews several empirical studies concerning adult attachment, focusing mostly on studies with self-report adult attachment questionnaires. At last, this paper points out several problems involved in adult attachment studies and discusses the issues to be solved and the prospects for the future researches on this filed.