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Attachment theory argues that attachment styles developed during infancy and childhood will be relatively enduring and continue during adulthood. While research on adult attachment has been mounting in the past, less is known on the enduring effect of attachment styles with mother, father, and their peer or peers during childhood on adult romantic attachment styles. Past research in fact have obtained mixed findings on the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, especially in the context of Malaysian setting. In order to explore the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, a survey among 400 married individuals was conducted and partial least squares was employed for data analysis. The application of attachment theory in this study was established via two dimensions of anxiety and avoidance. The result indicated that respondents who exhibited high levels of anxiety and high levels of avoidance with mother, father, and their peers would display the same attachment styles with their romantic partners or spouses during adulthood. The findings provide conclusive evidence on the continuity and stability of attachment styles with stronger and enduring bonds observed for peer-adult attachment.

Attachment style was related to satisfaction. Previous studies have reported that a person's romantic attachment style appears to determine the level of satisfaction in his/her marriage. Although research on attachment has been widely studied, there is a dearth of information on the romantic attachment in Malaysia and the connection between romantic attachment and marital satisfaction. Thus, this research is specifically aimed to study the romantic attachment styles among married individuals in Malaysia and to establish the link between romantic attachment styles and marital satisfaction. K-means cluster analysis was conducted to fulfill the objectives, with a total of 400 (n = 400) married individuals in Penang, Malaysia have participated in this study. The data revealed that the majority of the respondents can be categorized under secure style, followed by dismissive, fearful, and preoccupied styles. The result further disclosed that respondents in secure attachment style are the most satisfied respondents in marriage compared to respondents in preoccupied, dismissive, and fearful attachment styles. The findings provide useful insights that assist counselors or psychologists during the counseling and therapy sessions to instill positive attachment style toward marital satisfaction.

Pictures, videos, and written information about children have become overwhelmed by digital content on many social media platforms. This phenomenon is known as sharenting. Attitude and trust have been identified as two variables that predict parents sharing behaviour in social media. Results from a survey among 303 parents across Malaysia indicated that attitude and trust are good predictors of parents' sharenting behaviour on social media among Malaysian parents. By applying the theory of reasoned action, this study concludes that parents in Malaysia are willing to disclose much information about their children when they believe there is nothing wrong with sharing that information, especially when they feel proud of their children's achievements. In addition, parents also highly trust that social media users might not misuse information that they share, and they believe the law would protect the information from being abused by users.