Attachment measures

laboratory paradigm used for assessing caregiver-infant attachment. The main focus of the SSP is on attachment behaviours. It promopt attachment behaviours through separation and reunion epsiodes and classifies children into attachment categories based on patterns of behaviours. As mentioned by Bowlby (1969/1982), it is believed that attachment behaviours become activated under fearful or stressful conditions. The SSP explores a wide range of attachment behaviours that allow for a more in-depth…

As attachment researchers have become interested in studying attachment security at older ages, the Strange Situation as the “gold standard” of attachment assessment has remained central. Today researchers developing assessments of attachment for children or adolescents frequently (a) use the same fourfold classification system of the Strange Situation, (b) seek to validate their measures by showing that infants who are securely or insecurely attached in the Strange Situation obtain the same…

University of Connecticut Introduction Attachment is one of the developmental milestones that begins during conception and remains throughout one’s life. It is defined as the “strong affectionate tie we have for special people in our lives that lead us to experience pleasure and joy when we interact with them and to be comforted by their nearness in times of stress” (Berk, 264). When the child’s needs are met by an individual, attachment develops. The primary caregiver, preferably…

Researchers, Carlson, Hostinar, Mliner, and Gunnar (2014) examined the formation of attachment in post-institutionalized (PI) infants and their adoptive parents following early social deprivation. The sample was comprised of 65 (PI) toddlers with their parents at 1-3 and 7-9 months post-adoption who were compared to 52 non-adopted (NA) infants. Each parent-child dyad were instructed to participate in a 1.5 hour laboratory sessions at 1-3 and 7-9 months post-adoption. The sessions were videotaped…

Significance Attachment theory, first formulated by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth is one of the leading frameworks in developmental psychology. Originally there was three attachment classifications, secure, avoidant, and ambivalent (Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, 1978). Securely attached infants are distressed when a parent leaves yet soothed and happy when they return Avoidant infants do not show a preference for the mother and are not excited when she returns. Ambivalent infants do not…

presence, we have formed an attachment with them. All babies raised within a family structure become attached to their caregiver; however the strength of the attachment can vary. While some are secure in their relationships with the caregiver; presenting as relaxed in their presence; others appear apprehensive and uncertain in the relationship. In order to measure the security of attachment, Mary Ainsworth and her associates developed a procedure to identify a secure attachment pattern and…

cognitive mechanisms which allow other bodily functions which as … is attachment. Attachment is the development of a close and emotional relationship between a caregiver and child which allows further future relationships to be formed (Cassidy and Shaver, 2008) As characterised by responses to the Strange Situations (a test where the child 's reaction to a stranger is measure, both with and without the caregiver present), attachment develops in two different ways (Ainsworth, 1989). Children who…

The article, Attachment Working Models Twist Memories of Relationship Events, describes the investigation of people’s recollections of their behavior after having conflict-resolution discussions with their significant other. The attachment theory states that the encounters we have with our caregivers throughout our childhood and adolescent years create individual representations of how we see others and ourselves. The course of our development and the relationships we share with our caregivers…

and late attachment styles has been widely studied and debated for many years. Attachment history has been shown to affect the capacity for emotional regulation, the growth of self-reliance and the emergence of social competence, and is believed to explain the origins of social and emotional behaviour (Sroufe, 2005; Lewis, Feiring & Rosenthal, 2000). Because of these impacts, developmental psychologists have sought to determine if there is continuity between infant and adult attachment styles…

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…