4 Attachment Styles
The Bartholomew (1991) four-category model: Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, Fearful-Avoidant.
1secure
Secure Attachment Style
Comfortable with closeness and independence — positive views of self and others.
2preoccupied
Anxious Attachment Style (Preoccupied)
Craves closeness, fears abandonment — positive view of others, anxious view of self.
3dismissing
Avoidant Attachment Style (Dismissing)
Values independence, deflects intimacy — positive view of self, distancing view of others.
4fearful
Disorganized Attachment Style (Fearful-Avoidant)
Wants closeness but fears it — negative view of both self and others.