Attachment Styles in Academia: Choosing An Advisor

Attachment styles are formed in childhood and impact how you interact in relationships well into adulthood. There are four primary attachment styles: (1) Secure (2) Anxious/Preoccupied (3) Avoidant/Dismissive (4) Fearful-Avoidant/Disorganized and they can impact the way people form, maintain, and dissolve relationships. It is possible for these styles to change over time and it is normal for people to have different attachment styles in different contexts. It is possible for a person to be securely attached in friendships and anxiously attached in romantic…