ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023
Love Addiction, Adult Attachment Patterns and Self-Esteem: Testing for Mediation Using Path Analysis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Problematic Love Behaviors and Correlated Factors: A Systematic Review with Subgroup Meta-Analysis Including Gender/Sex Moderation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Conceptualizing love addiction within the attachment perspective: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of romantic relationship addiction: attachment styles, mindfulness, and separation anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Addicted to love? Validity evidence for the Love Addiction Inventory - Brazilian version.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
- A longitudinal network analysis of the relationship between love addiction, insecure attachment patterns, and interpersonal dependence.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Why are we willing to tolerate manipulation? Love addiction and perceived acceptability of gaslighting: the mediating effects of sense of giving and relationship power.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Love Addiction in a Sample of Young Adult Students: A Multiple Mediation Model Exploring the Role of Adult Attachment, Separation Anxiety, and Defense Mechanisms.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Mediating Role of Affect Dysregulation and Dissociation in the Relationship Between Attachment and Compulsive Online Shopping: A Path Analysis Model.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Article
- "I Can't Do without You": Treatment Perspectives for Affective Dependence: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- An Integrated Approach to Addictive Behaviors: A Study on Vulnerability and Maintenance Factors.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- A correlation study of music training, adult attachment, and personality traits using a large-sample questionnaire.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Love addiction is a dysfunctional relational modality that takes on the addiction characteristics and which, for the individuals who suffer from it, can have a negative and pervasive impact on various areas of functioning. The objective of this research was the analysis the factors that can be associated with love addiction, particularly focusing on adult attachment patterns and self-esteem. A sample group of 300 individuals who declared themselves to have a romantic relationship was involved in this research (
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