We propose the Attachment Security Enhancement Model (ASEM) to suggest how romantic relationships can promote chronic attachment security. One part of the ASEM examines partner responses that protect relationships from the erosive effects of immediate insecurity, but such responses may not necessarily address underlying insecurities in a person’s mental models. Therefore, a second part of the ASEM examines relationship situations that foster more secure mental models. Both parts may work in tandem. We posit that attachment anxiety should decline most in situations that foster greater personal confidence and more secure mental models of the self. In contrast, attachment avoidance should decline most in situations that involve positive dependence and foster more secure models of close others. The ASEM integrates research and theory, suggests novel directions for future research, and has practical implications, all of which center on the idea that adult attachment orientations are an emergent property of close relationships.

我们提出了“附件安全增强模型”（ASEM），以提出恋爱关系如何促进长期附件安全。亚欧会议的一部分审查了保护人际关系免受直接不安全感侵蚀的伴侣反应，但这种反应未必能解决人的心理模型中潜在的不安全感。因此，亚欧会议的第二部分探讨了关系情境，这些情境会培养更安全的心理模型。这两个部分可能协同工作。我们认为，在培养更大的个人信心和更安全的自我心理模型的情况下，依恋焦虑最应该减少。相反，在涉及正面依赖的情况下，避免依恋应减少最多，并建立更安全的亲密关系模型。亚欧会议将研究与理论融为一体，