Coregulation, Dysregulation, Self-Regulation: An Integrative Analysis and Empirical Agenda for Understanding Adult Attachment, Separation, Loss, and Recovery

Sbarra, David A.; Hazan, Cindy

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Coregulation, Dysregulation, Self-Regulation: An Integrative Analysis and Empirical Agenda for Understanding Adult Attachment, Separation, Loss, and Recovery

Sbarra, David A., Hazan, Cindy·2008·Personality and Social Psychology Review

DOI 10.1177/1088868308315702

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An integrative framework is proposed for understanding how multiple biological and psychological systems are regulated in the context of adult attachment relationships, dysregulated by separation and loss experiences, and, potentially, re-regulated through individual recovery efforts. Evidence is reviewed for a coregulatory model of normative attachment, defined as a pattern of interwoven physiology between romantic partners that results from the conditioning of biological reward systems and the emergence of felt security within adult pair bonds. The loss of coregulation can portend a state of biobehavioral dysregulation, ranging from diffuse psychophysiological arousal and disorganization to a full-blown (and highly organized) stress response. The major task for successful recovery is adopting a self-regulatory strategy that attenuates the dysregulating effects of the attachment disruption. Research evidence is reviewed across multiple levels of analysis, and the article concludes with a series of testable research questions on the interconnected nature of attachment, loss, and recovery processes.

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Authors: Sbarra, D. A., & Hazan, C.
Affiliations: University of Arizona (US)
Cornell University (US)
ORCID: Sbarra, David A.
Venue: Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2008-05
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Pages: 141-167
ISSN: 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
1532-7957
DOI: 10.1177/1088868308315702
OpenAlex: W2113867612
Semantic Scholar: 28d766a61e945534760ae6e88f1ad83be407125e
Cited by: 427
References: 229
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 20
FWCI: 1.60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (R03MH074637)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords: adult attachment, co-regulation, self-regulation, separation and loss, romantic relationships, pair bond, stress response, sense of security, attachment disruption
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Age Factors, Animals, Arousal, Bereavement, Emotions, Humans, Individuality, Interpersonal Relations, Life Change Events, Marriage, Models, Biological, Models, Psychological, Object Attachment, Pair Bond, Psychoanalytic Theory, Social Control, Informal, Stress, Psychological

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