If we are able to spend more time with people who are not
preoccupied with their bodies, we can actually feel much better about our own bodies," said Kelly.
Kafetsios and Nezlek (2003) studied the relationship between attachment styles and everyday social interaction and concluded that secure, dismiss,
preoccupied, and fearful individuals response differently to social situations as securely attached people were well aware and responsive to their needs as compared to insecurely attached individuals.
Those who endorse secure and
preoccupied attachment categories will report less relationship avoidance as compared with fearful and dismissing attachment styles.
"There's no doubt they are too easily available and children are
preoccupied with them they cut themselves off from experiences of life," he said.
And yet the world is
preoccupied with Murdoch and yellow journalism, as it teeters on the brink of an economic abyss.
Those with
preoccupied attachment have job insecurity, feel they are not being recognized for their contributions, and have worse job performance, leading to lower pay overall and more frequent dismissals.
"The reason why Jesus can't find room for his Gospel, which he embodied in his person at his first coming, is closely analogous to that which he encountered in his birth, namely that people's hearts are
preoccupied.
"We have too often been
preoccupied as a church with internal affairs and a narrow focus that has absorbed both our energy and interest ...
The minds of drivers are
preoccupied, considering many issues, the least of which is safe driving, a department official said.
Yet beyond the playfulness, posturing and greenery, there is clearly a very serious mind at work,
preoccupied with creating architecture that has a clear social, economic and environmental agenda.
Mating season makes the normally fast and tough male prairie dog so
preoccupied that he's easy pickings for predators, researchers find.