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    A dyadic analysis of the link between couples' perfectionism and attachment behaviors
    Aktün, Çağla; Kafesçioğlu, Nilüfer; Kafesçioğlu, Nilüfer; Saydam, Fehime Senem Zeytinoğlu; Harma, M.; Department of Psychology; Aktün, Çağla
    Recently, perfectionism has been a more important construct due to its links with adverse individual as well as relational outcomes. In this regard, perfectionism's association with people's actions, particularly with the attachment behaviors predicting secure feelings in a romantic relationship, was focused on in this work. Further, attributions were considered as an essential factor in the way how people behave in their relationships. Following the relation between perfectionism and the way people interpret events, attributions were examined as a mediator in the link between perfectionism and attachment behaviors. Consecutively, the present work aimed exploring the direct actor and partner effects between perfectionism and attachment behaviors, as well as, indirect effects between perfectionism and attachment behaviors through attributions with a sample of heterosexual married couples in Turkey. Particularly, 91 heterosexual couples (91 women and 91 men) who were married for at least 2 years (M = 164.9, SD = 135.5 in months) participated in the study. Thanks to snowball sampling, individuals from various geographical, educational, and economic background were reached. As for online data collection process, the couples filled out Demographic Information Form, Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Hewitt & Flett, 1991), Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement Scale (Sandberg, Busby, Johnson, & Yoshida, 2012), and Relationship Attribution Measure (Fincham & Bradbury, 1992) via Qualtrics. To test hypotheses, Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and Actor Partner Interdependence Model of Mediation (APIMeM) analyses were carried on. Results demonstrated that men's own perfectionism and their wives' attachment behaviors were negatively related (direct partner effect, men to women). Moreover, the adverse association between men's perfectionism and women's attachment behaviors through men's attributions was appeared to be significant (indirect men to women actor-partner effect). These findings were interpreted in terms of their implications on the basis of the existing literature and the relative theoretical framework. Lastly, the present work's contributions to the field were argued, together with limitations and future research recommendations.