Attachment in children

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…

Attachment is one of the most important things a mother and infant can have. After years of studying child development, I have always been interested in how attachment affects a child’s growth and future turnout of children who have good and bad attachment with their caregivers. I believe that infants tend to choose certain people to make an attachment with and it is very interesting to see how they act. Children reactions to attachment are always interesting to study. I believe that attachment…

Development There have been more that 2 million children that have reported having a parent deployed for military service at least once in their lifetime, according to a CNN news article (Fantz, 2014). With this statistic being so large, it is important for us as a community to consider not only the parents being deployed, but also the children. With so many children growing up with parents overseas, it is an easy misconception that because these children are so young in the development…

Attachment is a desire for physical closeness with someone. Pertaining to attachment within infancy it has “been viewed as the foundation for future relationships, as the basis for confidence and curiosity as toddlers, and as important influences of self-concept.” as stated in our reading material. There are four different types of attachments we went over. Secure if the first type of attachment, about 65% of children in the U.S. are securely attached. This type of attachment is one which a…

theory called the social bond theories. The social bond theory says that an individual will commit delinquent acts if his or her bond to society are weak. These element of the bond to society are attachment, belief, commitment, and involvement. My main focus will be on the attachment element of the bond. Attachment is the concern individual have about what people think of the individual. Belief is the traditional value system that many individuals belief in. Commitment is related to the…

The Attachment Theory of childhood development was pioneered by John Bowlby in the early 1900's. His theory indicated a child would develop a critical emotional attachment to a primary caregiver, often times the mother, as an evolutionary response to the need for survival since they were unable to care for themselves. If the caregiver was present to make the child feel secure because of the need for attachment, the child would be measurably more likely (dependent upon severity of environmental…

interactions into positive and encouraging opportunities that can provide children with life enhancing results. The first relationship a child forms is between the child and the caregiver. The parent and child relationships is the most significant and long-lasting in a child’s life. This first relationships is directly related to Bowlby’s…

theories involved in developmental psychology are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory. Each theory has its own important ideas about how people develop throughout their life. Maslow focuses on a type of development that happens in seven categories, one being reached after the requirements of the previous one have been met. While Bowlby’s theory involves having a Primary Attachment Figure that is there to help a person, most often a child, through their many parts of…

Attachment is an emotional bond to a certain individual. There is also secure attachment which is a strong, positive, and emotional bond with an individual who provides comfort and a sense of security. A person with secure attachment are more likely to go to that person for comfort, problems, or when they are distressed. Someone also might be very unhappy about separation. In psychoanalytic and behavioral theories attachment is when the mother fed her baby and satisfied the infant’s hunger drive…

lifespan, better understand dysfunction, and understand how many different systems interact (Thyer, Dulmus, & Sowers,2012, P.xiii). Attachment theory is no different, it helps social workers better understand issues that could be the result of dysfunctional relationships, with the possibility of these relationship problems stemming from childhood. Even with attachment theory’s limitations understanding it and its application to practice is undeniably useful. While there are many different…