Attachment in children

Attachment theory has been a topic of extensive research in developmental psychology and viewed as psychology’s most influential theory of relatedness. Attachment is defined as “a strong emotional bond with special that endures over time” (Huffman and Dowdell, 2015, p. 305). John Bowlby, a British psychoanalyst was the original founder of the attachement theory after World War II, where, he found many children became orphans at a very young and concluded that attachment was crucial for…

we have with our parents. Multiple studies have shown that children rely on their parents for a sense of security in early development because of how the parents respond to their child. This sense of security that is given to the child helps the child develop their sense of emotion. John Bowlby was one of the most notable researchers who started to look at the early advancement of attachment theory. In his studies of parent-child attachment, Bowlby found that there is an innate need to have…

research done on attachment styles, however specific associations are still among many studies. Explored here is a more in depth look at children and adolescents with insecure attachment styles and the prevalence of a corresponding conduct disorder. Three different empirical articles have been chose to discuss this concerning issue for child and adolescent psychopathology. Each author attempts to uncover the remarkable relationships that humans possess to carry out feelings of attachment that…

behaviour of an individual and the relationships they have – whether it’s platonic, romantic or familial – can be traced back to early childhood - as early as infancy even. Bowlby (1977) defines attachment as; “an enduring emotional bond which an individual forms to another person.” In other words, attachment is a strong tie an individual has with special figures in their lives, in whom they place great trust in. When they interact with these special figures, they feel joy and experience…

and attachment security. Infant and Child Development, 13(1), 21–33. doi:10.1002/icd.329 In this journal it includes information about the effects of the security of attachment from parents who have their infants/toddlers with them, to parents who have them in daycare. These sixty mothers went through an observation with their child to see how there interaction was during a structured task. This observation was done to see if infant/toddlers were at higher risk of having security attachment…

"There are over 14,000 children in out-of-home care in Arizona." Of these children I would like to introduce you to my little brother, Kevin. Over nine months ago my parents got a call to foster a very premature baby boy. Michael was born at twenty-nine weeks old. His mother at the time was/is addicted to meth. She went on meth-binge which caused her to go into preterm labor. The father, at the time, was in the process of going to jail. Once Kevin was settled in our home, a few months went by…

deployment/separations. In 2001, there were nearly more than one-million U.S children who had a military parent deployed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The deployment of a parent can cause many issues for the child and the at-home parent. With deployment comes many changes and adjustments in a child’s live; if a parent and child do not have a secure attachment, the child will have a tremendous difficult time adjusting to the process. Children whose parents are deployed have higher risk…

park in the neighborhood. The oversized slide is fit for adults, nothing like the common sliding board. Because it was a beautiful day, the park was relatively crowed as several parents had brought their children out to enjoy the nice weather.…

John Bowlby was born in London on February 26, 1907. He came from an upper middle class family, was one of six children, and, as was common at the time, was raised by a nanny. His father was a surgeon, who at one time acted as a doctor to the king 's household. His father served in World War I, and was knighted for his service to the king. Bowlby never developed a close relationship with either of his parents. When Bowlby attended university, he demonstrated an aptitude for academics. He…

Relations.” (Goleman. D, 1990). John Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment Volume 1 was published in 1969 and Volume 2 was published in 1973 and these detailed his theory of attachment in a child’s early years. He decided to pursue this theory as he was influenced by Konrad Lorenz’s work on attachment and his study on built in or innate attachment (1935). In this study Lorenz showed that goslings “followed the first moving…