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Affiliative bonding as a dynamical process: a view from ethology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2005

Kosuke Itoh*
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Human Brain Science, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, Niigata, 951-8585, Japanhttp://coe.bri.niigata-u.ac.jp/coedoc/index.html
Akihiro Izumi*
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin Inuyama, Aichi, 484–8506, Japanhttp://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html
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Abstract

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Depue & Morrone-Strupinsky’s (D&M-S’s) implicit assumption appears to be that affiliative bonding is either strengthened or maintained with time; however, it is more realistic that it can also be weakened or destroyed by conflictive interpersonal interactions. Without specifying the mechanisms by which antagonistic stimuli deteriorate affiliative bonding, the model is incapable of accounting for the dynamics associated with this complex phenomenon.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005
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