Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome

@article{Clauson2012AnxietyAA,
  title={Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome},
  author={Sarah Clauson and Caroline J. Hollins Martin and Gordon F Watt},
  journal={Sexual and Relationship Therapy},
  year={2012},
  volume={27},
  pages={377 - 390},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144416339}
}
In opposite-sex relationships, infertility status was found to arouse fear of ending up alone and anxiety over engaging in romantic relationships, and within peer relationships, consequences from divulging infertility status created attachment avoidance with friends.
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