Insecure attachment and support-seeking during COVID-19: a sequential mixed methods investigation

The COVID-19 pandemic led many couples to stay at home together with minimal contact with others. As social distancing measures reduced contact with outside households, many partners could seek support only from one another. In two studies using a sequential mixed methods design, we investigated support-seeking behaviors in romantic relationships during COVID-19. In the qualitative study, semi-structured interviews (n = 48) showed differences in how and why partners seek support with an initial consideration of the role of attachment. We identified the following themes: direct support-seeking, indirect support-seeking, (in)dependence, and gender dynamics. In the quantitative study (n = 588), high COVID-19 worry, high attachment anxiety, and low attachment avoidance were associated with more support-seeking. Interestingly, we also found that when COVID-19 worry was high, individuals high in attachment avoidance were more likely to report seeking support. The paper provides a unique insight into the impact of COVID-19 on support-seeking behaviors in romantic relationships

Sponge spicule assemblages from the Cambrian (Series 2?3) of North Greenland (Laurentia) : systematics and biogeography

Isolated microscopic spicules from disarticulated scleritomes demonstrate the presence of a diverse sponge fauna otherwise not evident from the macrofossil record in carbonate successions deposited during the un-named Cambrian Series 2 and Cambrian Series 3 (Miaolingian) in North Greenland. Most of the spicule morphotypes are not recognised from faunas of articulated sponges known from contemporaneous siliciclastic strata elsewhere. Assemblages are described in terms of four Cambrian stages and contain numerous spicule morphotypes not previously recorded from Laurentia. Many of the spicules can be correlated worldwide, however, extending current knowledge of the biogeographic distribution of sponge spicule-based taxa in the Cambrian. In particular, similar Cambrian Stage 4 (Series 2) and Miaolingian assemblages (Wuliuan, Drumian and Guzhangian stages) faunas are recorded from tropical palaeolatitudes in Australia, South China, Siberia and Laurentia, although this may in part reflect a methodology focused on the preparation of the carbonate samples that dominate these successions. New spicule-based taxa: Eiffelia floriformis n. sp., Australispongia? inuak n. sp., Celtispongia dorte n. gen. n. sp., Sanningasoqia borealis n. gen. n. sp., Speciosuspongia inughuitorum n. sp., Sulukispicula gelidae n. gen. n. sp