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Impact of Attachment Style and Self-Monitoring on Individuals' Responses to Accommodative Dilemmas Across Relationship Types

Pomona College, sogainesjr{at}aol.com

Cecily Work

Claremont Graduate University

Helena Johnson

University of San Diego

Mary Sue Page Youn

Whittier College

Kaycee Lai

Pomona College

This study examines the impact of attachment style (i.e., secure, preoccupied, dismissing, and fearful-avoidant) on individuals' responses to accommodative dilemmas (i.e., exit, voice, loyalty, and neglect) across a variety of relationship types (n = 90 individuals). Contrary to hypotheses, prior to including: (a) constructiveness (constructive versus destructive), (b) activeness (active versus passive), and (c) relationship type (relationships with romantic partners, parents, and friends) as within-subject factors, and prior to controlling statistically for self-monitoring (or, more correctly, other-directedness), attachment style was not significant as a between-subjects factor. Also, contrary to predictions, after including constructiveness, activeness, and relationship type as within-subject factors, and after controlling statistically for other-directedness, the two-way interaction effect between attachment style and constructiveness was nonsignificant. However, a significant four-way interaction effect among attachment style, relationship type, constructiveness, and activeness emerged; results of planned comparisons revealed that attachment style was a significant predictor for one of the 12 dependent variables - namely, exit (an active, destructive response) in relationships with romantic partners. Unexpectedly, we also obtained a significant effect for other-directedness, such that other-directedness was: (a) a positive, marginal-to-significant covariate of passive (i.e., loyalty and neglect) responses, as well as (b) a negative, marginal-to-significant predictor of voice (an active, constructive response), across relationships in general.

Key Words: accommodation • attachment style • cross-situational consistency • self-monitoring

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