R Psychosocial Issues in the Health Care of Children and Young people. A case study discussing the application and analysis of theories applicable to the psychological care of and child and their family. A case study discussing the application and analysis of theories applicable to the psychological care of and child and their family. I’m going to discuss a case study of a child named Jake. The name has been changed to comply with NMC confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2012)
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The attachment theory by Ainsworth is based on how an infant reacts to the separation to the reunion of a primary care giver. She collaborated with John Bowlby‚ the process of observing and accessing the quality of attachment in this relationship. The theory has four forms of attachment and they will determine the relationship between the caregiver and the child from infancy‚ adolescent and adulthood. The four forms are Secure‚ Avoidant‚ Resistant‚ and Disorganized‚ and each will teach the child
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Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships. (24 Marks) Many attachment psychologists argue that early relationships with our primary caregivers provide the foundation for later adult relationships. Bowlby called this the continuity hypothesis. This is the claim that early relationship experiences continue in later adult relationships. According to the attachment theory‚ young children develop an ’internal working model’ from their first relationship with their primary carer. This
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Sensitive parenting is the most important factor in a child’s psychological development Parents are the first and perhaps most profound influence on their children ’s lives. Considering different aspects of psychological development this essay is going through some evidence to see what the researchers mean by sensitive parenting: Bowlby’s attachment theory‚ The Strange Situation‚ Zimmerman‚ Hamilton‚ Baumrind and others. A sensitive person is somebody who can “quick detect or respond to slight
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Essay: Primary caregiving for Toddlers in Early childhood education Within this assessment I aim to investigate primary caregiving for toddlers in early childhood education; considering the influence of historical and contemporary developments‚ theoretical perspectives‚ quality provision‚ specific pedagogical approaches and my personal professional philosophy of teaching and learning. Primary caregiving describes the relationship between toddlers and the most significant adult within their life
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Bibliography: Holmes‚ J. (1996) Attachment‚ Intimacy‚ Autonomy: Using Attachment Theory in Adult Psychotherapy. New Jersey: Book Mart Press. Holmes‚ J. (1997) John Bowlby and Attachment Theory. London: Routledge. Messer‚ D & Jones‚ F. (2001) Psychology and Social Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd. Oko‚ J. (2008) Understanding Social Work Theory. London: Learning Matters. Payne‚ M. (2005) Modern Social
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early attachment was John Bowlby. Bee‚ H. Boyd‚ D. (2004 p.259) conveys that “Like Freud‚ he assumed that the root of human personality lies in the earliest childhood relationships. Significant failure or trauma in those relationships will permanently shape the child’s development”. Michal would not have been able to understand his mother and father’s disappearance or the reasons for them ‘leaving him’ as he would probably have thought. The secure attachment (Ainsworth) process would have been interrupted
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Attachment is an emotional bond to an adult during the early stages if infancy. There are two main areas connect to attachment‚ these being secure attachment and insecure attachment. Bowlby (1977) describes attachment as an enduring emotional bond which an individual forms to another person. Looking at a different perspective Philippe Aries’s (1960) says mothers don’t form attachments because of the high mortality rate. Secure attachment is the parent and child relationship which serves as a pro-type
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that connects one person to another across time and space (Ainsworth‚ 1973; Bowlby‚ 1969). So what are the attachment theories focusing on? Attachment theory is focused on the relationships and bonds between people‚ particularly long-term relationships including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners. In my line of work‚ I have to focus on the parental and child attachment rather than the romantic partner one. Bowlby (the creator and psychologist that researched into attachment
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understand the characteristics of attachment. The different characteristics include having a safe haven‚ secure base‚ separation distress and proximity maintenance. There are two major theorists that studied attachment in infants first; Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby. Both of these theorists believe that each infant will have each one of these characteristics at one point or another. They also believe that an infant can get stuck in one of the characteristics longer than another infant and this is perfectly
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