Cindy Hazan

{{short description|American attachment theorist}}
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'''Cindy Hazan''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[psychologist]] whose interest is [[Human mating strategies|human mating]] and [[pair bonding]], known for her research on [[attachment theory]].<ref name="hazan-ecology" /><ref name="human-bonding">{{Cite book |last=Hazan |first=Cindy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r6piVK6d3HoC |title=Human Bonding: The Science of Affectional Ties |last2=Campa |first2=Mary I. |date=2013-06-10 |publisher=Guilford Press |isbn=978-1-4625-1069-6 |page=v |language=en |quote=Dr. Hazan is an internationally recognized scholar whose seminal work on affectional bonds helped define a new field of study in social and personality psychology. Her 1987 article (coauthored with Phillip R. Shaver) "Romantic Love Conceptualized as an Attachment Process" provided a theory, a methodology, and an empirical foundation for an approach to understanding the thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that humans call "love." The attachment approach proved a valuable tool for scientists studying all aspects of adult relationships, making the 1987 article one of the ten most-cited articles published in the ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology''. In 2012, Drs. Hazan and Shaver were awarded the Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in recognition of the profound influence of their work. |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781462510672 |archive-date=2023-07-19 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn-attachment" /> Hazan is credited (along with [[Phillip R. Shaver|Phillip Shaver]]) as discovering that adult relationships share similarity with a child's attachment to a parent.<ref name="cnn-attachment">{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Harmeet |date=29 August 2023 |title=The four attachment styles and how they affect your relationships |url=https://www.cnn.com/health/attachment-styles-types-relationships-wellness-cec |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209142656/https://edition.cnn.com/health/attachment-styles-types-relationships-wellness-cec/ |archive-date=9 February 2024 |access-date=6 January 2026 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref name="nyt-attachment">{{Cite web |last=Kamer |first=Foster |date=6 November 2021 |title=Anxious, Avoidant or Secure: 'Attached' Is the Book That's Shaping How We Understand Love |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/style/anxious-avoidant-secure-attached-book.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106091012/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/style/anxious-avoidant-secure-attached-book.html |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Chris |date=1 December 2019 |title=How close relationships help us thrive |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/12/relationships-thrive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721095441/https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/12/relationships-thrive |archive-date=21 July 2020 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=[[Monitor on Psychology]]}}</ref> She currently teaches at [[Cornell University]], where she was awarded the Andrew H. & James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professorship for excellent undergraduate education.<ref name="hazan-psych-dept">{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Cindy Hazan {{!}} Department of Psychology |url=https://psychology.cornell.edu/cindy-hazan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251205165001/https://psychology.cornell.edu/cindy-hazan |archive-date=5 December 2025 |access-date=6 January 2026 |website=[[Cornell University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Sheri |date=20 January 2023 |title=Three faculty awarded endowed professorships |url=https://human.cornell.edu/news-profiles/three-faculty-awarded-endowed-professorships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250912093303/https://human.cornell.edu/news-profiles/three-faculty-awarded-endowed-professorships |archive-date=12 September 2025 |access-date=6 January 2026 |website=[[Cornell University]]}}</ref>

Hazan holds a [[Bachelor's degree|BA]] in psychology, and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in social and personality psychology, all from the [[University of Denver]].<ref name="hazan-ecology">{{Cite web |title=Cindy Hazan {{!}} Cornell Human Ecology |url=https://human.cornell.edu/people/cindy-hazan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228134913/https://human.cornell.edu/people/cindy-hazan |archive-date=28 December 2025 |access-date=5 January 2026 |website=[[Cornell University]]}}</ref>

== Career ==
Most of Hazan's research has used the framework of [[ethological]] [[attachment theory]].<ref name="hazan-ecology" /> This theory was initially developed by [[John Bowlby]], and then [[Mary Ainsworth]], focusing on how [[Infant|infants]] behave with their caregivers.<ref name="cnn-attachment" />

Hazan's research on the subject of [[Attachment in adults|adult attachment]] began in 1987, with the journal article "Romantic Love Conceptualized as an Attachment Process" which expanded the concept of "attachment" to adult relationships.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Segelken |first=H. Roger |date=11 March 2015 |title=Professors explore how adults form attachments |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/03/professors-explore-how-adults-form-attachments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212161602/https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/03/professors-explore-how-adults-form-attachments |archive-date=12 February 2025 |access-date=6 January 2026 |website=[[Cornell Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name="human-bonding" /><ref name="hazanshaver">{{cite journal |last1=Hazan |first1=Cindy |last2=Shaver |first2=Phillip |author-link2=Phillip R. Shaver |date=April 1987 |title=Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-21950-001 |url-status=live |journal=[[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]] |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=511–524 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.52.3.511 |pmid=3572722 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418091229/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-21950-001 |archive-date=18 April 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> The article (coauthored with Phillip Shaver) was so influential that it became one of the top ten most-cited articles in the ''[[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]]''.<ref name="human-bonding" /> In 2012, Hazan & Shaver were awarded the Scientific Impact Award by the [[Society of Experimental Social Psychology]] for their work on this.<ref name="human-bonding" />

She developed the course "Human Bonding" at [[Cornell University]], which she has taught for over 25 years.<ref name="human-bonding" />

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