that a person’s style of attachment affects everything from their partner’s selection on how well or bad their relationships progress and how they end. I believe that an attachment pattern is established in early childhood and continues to function as a working model for relationships in adulthood. According to Shaver Hazan, about 60 percent of people have a secure attachment while twenty percent have an anxious attachment, and twenty percent have an avoidant attachment. Secure attached adults tend…
The Effects of Early Childhood Attachments On the evening of the Genovese murder in 1964, an eyewitness and neighbor, before calling police, telephoned a friend in nearby Nassau County to ask his opinion as to whether he should get involved (Gado, 2014, pp 1-12). Unthinkable to many, relying on someone else’s response as a basis for action or approval during a crisis is a normal occurrence. It is important to note, Forsyth (2014) found these actions were not associated with a lack of apathy or compassion…
will respond positively to their needs. This connection they have with each other is called attachment. In his book called, “A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder”, Pearce defined attachment as a “term used to describe the dependency relationship a child develops towards his or her primary caregivers”. He also included the following Attachment behavior that is formed during the early years: Eye-to-eye gaze Reaching Smiling Signalling or calling to Holding, Clinging…