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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Sculpted by Love: Attachment Security and the Michelangelo Phenomenon.

Yiwen Gu, Madoka Kumashiro, Ximena B Arriaga

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yiwen GuDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-7615-2756
Madoka KumashiroDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK.
Ximena B ArriagaDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2673-4638

Funding

Economic and Social Research Council ES/N 013182/1U.S. National Science Foundation SBE/BCS 1531226
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Michelangelo phenomenon describes an interpersonal model of personal growth in which romantic partners affirm each other's ideal selves, thereby enhancing their relational and personal well-being. The present study examined how attachment security relates to this process. Based on cross-sectional data from

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attachment orientationideal selfMichelangelo phenomenonpartner affirmationpersonal growthwell-being

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PMID42510358
PMCPMC13403956

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