March 13, 2011

Attachment Theory Goes to Grad School

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Chronicle illustration by Robert McGrath

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Chronicle illustration by Robert McGrath

By Don Troop

Professors, don't be too hard on graduate students who arrive for weekly advising meetings stricken with anxiety or who sometimes don't arrive at all. A new study suggests they may simply have attachment issues.

Researchers from Western Michigan University and the University of Toledo surveyed 109 doctoral students in counseling psychology and found that those who were able to form secure family and romantic attachments also had generally positive relationships with their academic