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Attachment Avoidance

Evidence-informed definition Updated June 17, 2025 How to cite this entry

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Avoidance describes the proneness to feel fear and uneasiness regarding intimacy and to find it difficult to accept being dependent on others within an affective relationship.

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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2025). Attachment Avoidance. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.

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