Abstract
This study examines attachment orientation and its associations with the argumentation-related traits of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. It examines the possibility that people's cognitive representations about their romantic relationships might be associated or “bundled” with predispositions to interact with partners in ways consistent with their relationship definitions. It was predicted that high fear of intimacy, as indicated by an avoidant attachment orientation, and high fear of abandonment, as indicated by an anxious attachment orientation, would be negatively associated with argumentativeness and positively associated with verbal aggressiveness in romantic relationships. Results show that anxious attachment orientation correlated with argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness as predicted but avoidant attachment did not. Implications for scholars of interpersonal relationships and argumentation are discussed.
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