You might have got the impression from social media that attachment styles can predict your love life. This take on relationships twists science into 'unhelpful nonsense,' say psychologists.
Certain corners of TikTok and Instagram love talking about people's " attachment styles " — analysing and dissecting them and giving us dating advice based on them.
The concept of "attachment" is foundational in modern psychology and is used to help understand how we relate to each other in the world. A child with "secure attachment" was upset when mum went away but was soothed by the stranger, and happy once mum returned. This attachment was associated with a caregiver who validated the child's needs and helped them to build their self-worth and trust in others.
"There is a core part of our attachment that can kind of stay the same, but there is also quite a bit of movement," Professor Karantzas says. Hashtag #attachmentstyle on TikTok reportedly reached nearly a billion views last year — often in conjunction with #dating and #datingadvice. "They're tendencies that can be triggered by certain situations, certain people, certain experiences."It doesn't capture the nuance and the intricacy of the human experience to break down to a category.""We will look for explanations we hope helps us to predict the future. But it's just so not that easy.
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