Mary Ainsworth

The PFC plays an essential role in behaviour and response mechanisms. The development of the brain reflects observed factors that shape and emerge the brain (Siddiqui et al. 2008). Brains that are exposed to different environmental events such as anxiety, drugs or stress may develop in very alternate ways (Siddiqui et al. 2008). Infants face multiple adversities in early life, whether it is adapting to be dependent on their parents of learning to identifying their caregivers (Kinsella et…

This article talks about attachment theory and how it can be culturally different. Attachment theory is an emotional bond (can be long term or short term) that connects one person to another. For example, children seek for attachment when they need protection or love. In this article, the author wants to show how families that comes from another culture, tradition and country develop and achieve appropriate attachment sensitivity based on social and cultural context. Also how does it affect a…

Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) is qualitative 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…

Introduction There has been a decent amount of 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…

Introduction The two journal articles to be analyzed include, Family structure, co-parental relationship quality, post-separation paternal involvement and children’s emotional wellbeing by Baxter, Qu, and Weston which examines the associations between children’s emotional wellbeing, the quality of the co-parental relationship, and post-separation paternal involvement. The second article Parenting style, parental adjustment, and co-parental conflict: differential predictors of child psychosocial…

Karen Horney theorized that when needs are not met in childhood that the children develop basic anxieties in adulthood. Horney believed that people tend to combat basic anxiety in three ways: by moving toward people, moving away from people, or moving against people. Those with tendencies to move toward people have compliant personalities. Some of the neurotic needs of this personality type include the need for affection and approval from others, and the need for a powerful partner. These…

1.1 Summarise theories of attachment The term attachment is widely used by psychologists studying children’s early relationships. An attachment can be thought of as a unique emotional tie between a child and another person usually an adult or a special toy or blanket. Research has repeatedly shown that the quality of these ties or attachments will shape a child’s ability to form other relationships later in life. Attachment theories have shaped practice in day-to-day child care and education but…

The construct “object” has been used to explain relationships toward or with people throughout various psychoanalytic theories. Particularly, the theories Object Relations theory and Classical Drive theory. Object Relations theory addresses an object as a part of a relationship or attunement with other people, particularly parental relationships. According to Melanie Klein, an object is a person or a role of a person in a particular person’s life. This person generally serves as a template in…

Summary: This is a randomized, repeated measures intervention that used individualized, family-based approach and a multilevel design. The study purpose was to evaluate the impact of the short-term family-based intervention that supported preterm infants and their families, particularly the mothers, during the hospitalization and transition to home. The intervention aimed at “addressing the needs of parents and their high-risk infant, and improving parenting and family factors likely to affect…

Family therapy has been around since the early 20th century, formal development dates to the 1940s and early 1950s when the American Association of Marriage Counselors and other institutions began their work with couples and families. Just as in individual therapy, family therapy has a vast amount of theorist whom have developed models to be used in settings where fellow professionals can understand and help families looking to attend therapy as a unit. Two of those family therapy models are…