Abstract
This study aimed to replicate Jiang and Tiliopoulos (Personality and Individual Differences, 68, 205–210, 2014) study on reinforcement sensitivity theory and adult attachment using the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ) and Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised scale. Using a sample of 131 participants, this study was similar to Jiang and Tiliopoulos’s study in finding that the behavioural inhibition system and behavioural approach system (impulsivity) were positively related to attachment anxiety. However, Jiang and Tiliopoulos (Personality and Individual Differences, 68, 205–210, 2014) found the behavioural approach system (reward reactivity) negatively predicted attachment avoidance, whereas no effect was found in the current study. This study also found the behavioural inhibition system predicted attachment avoidance whereas no effect was found in Jiang and Tiliopoulos’s study. The effects that were found across both studies are considered to be robust and more research is needed regarding the differences between the studies.
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