In John Bowlby's original formulation of attachment theory, applied to infants, there were ____ different attachment styles. In more recent formulations of attachment theory, applied to adults, there are ____ different attachment styles.

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In John Bowlby's original  formulation of attachment theory, applied to infants, there were ____ different attachment styles. In more recent formulations of attachment theory, applied to adults, there are ____ different attachment styles.

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In John Bowlby's original formulation of attachment theory, there were three different attachment styles identified for infants: secure, anxious-ambivalent, and avoidant. Later, researchers applying attachment theory to adults identified four styles: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant.

In John Bowlby's Original Formulation of Attachment Theory, Applied to Infants