Attachment styles are patterns that start in early childhood, influenced by the type of care received from parents or guardians. An attachment style’s influence is often kept in the subconscious, which means that those with dismissive-avoidant attachment might not know why they struggle in relation...
A small body of work has identified links between attachment-a dispositional style of relating to others-and patterns of health care use. The current report examined how attachment characteristics predicted the frequency of digital rectal exam and prostate-specific antigen testing in a sample of ...