Attachment For several years I have struggled with separation anxiety. I was very attached to my mother as a child, so much, that I was unable to get dropped off at preschool without crying. As time passed, I continued to struggle with my separation anxiety and was unable to understand why others did not have attachment problems even though I still did. It affected so many different things in my life, relationships, being able to go over friend’s houses, going to school, and even just being alone. Attachment became a topic very close to me because I struggled with it and I wanted to understand it better.
Attachment is a very important process that everyone goes through. Each person goes through this process differently and is effected in …show more content…
The different classifications are secure attachment, insecure avoidant attachment, insecure ambivalent attachment, and insecure disorganized attachment. These four kinds of attachment are important to understand and help predict what kinds of people these children will become. In the book, Attachment and Development, author Susan Goldberg states, “The idea that individual differences in a 25 minute structured laboratory observation could be a marker for behavior in the home soon led to widespread use of the strange situation as an assessment of attachment” (Goldberg, 2000, p.8-9). The Strange Situation study helps categorize children into one of Ainsworth’s four variations of attachment. Thus this study helped determine how the child is developing as a person and how their caregiver is affecting their development and impacting what category of attachment they are placed …show more content…
A secure attachment is when a child’s caregiver is sensitive and reliable. The infant will usually cry, but will be comforted when their caregiver comes back in the room. The child will most likely do well in academics and have good relationships with others. An insecure avoidant attachment is when a child rejects the caregiver and shows no preference for a caregiver. An insecure ambivalent is when the child has an inconsistent caregiver. The child usually will not explore and is distressed when left, but not comforted by the caregivers return. The last category is insecure disorganized and this means that the child usually has an abusive caregiver. The child is usually depressed and shows inconsistent behavior throughout the study. Children with insecure attachments usually are more aggressive, less social, and have trouble with academics. Having a secure attachment is very important as a child develops into an adult. After learning about Mary Ainsworth’s four classifications of attachment and how important they are for children’s development, I wanted to understand more and help children with separation anxiety. I was mainly fascinated with this topic because I have struggled with separation anxiety most of my life. To help children in preschool understand separation anxiety better, I made a social story. A Social Story is a story that describes a real life situation,
Attachment is a very important process that everyone goes through. Each person goes through this process differently and is effected in …show more content…
The different classifications are secure attachment, insecure avoidant attachment, insecure ambivalent attachment, and insecure disorganized attachment. These four kinds of attachment are important to understand and help predict what kinds of people these children will become. In the book, Attachment and Development, author Susan Goldberg states, “The idea that individual differences in a 25 minute structured laboratory observation could be a marker for behavior in the home soon led to widespread use of the strange situation as an assessment of attachment” (Goldberg, 2000, p.8-9). The Strange Situation study helps categorize children into one of Ainsworth’s four variations of attachment. Thus this study helped determine how the child is developing as a person and how their caregiver is affecting their development and impacting what category of attachment they are placed …show more content…
A secure attachment is when a child’s caregiver is sensitive and reliable. The infant will usually cry, but will be comforted when their caregiver comes back in the room. The child will most likely do well in academics and have good relationships with others. An insecure avoidant attachment is when a child rejects the caregiver and shows no preference for a caregiver. An insecure ambivalent is when the child has an inconsistent caregiver. The child usually will not explore and is distressed when left, but not comforted by the caregivers return. The last category is insecure disorganized and this means that the child usually has an abusive caregiver. The child is usually depressed and shows inconsistent behavior throughout the study. Children with insecure attachments usually are more aggressive, less social, and have trouble with academics. Having a secure attachment is very important as a child develops into an adult. After learning about Mary Ainsworth’s four classifications of attachment and how important they are for children’s development, I wanted to understand more and help children with separation anxiety. I was mainly fascinated with this topic because I have struggled with separation anxiety most of my life. To help children in preschool understand separation anxiety better, I made a social story. A Social Story is a story that describes a real life situation,