Attachment and Divorce: FAMILY CONSEQUENCES Bowlby ’s‚ Ainsworth ’s‚ and Shaver ’s research created the understanding that infant styles create a disposition for later behavioral traits. More current research has questioned the significance of how the disruption of the attachment structure (such as in divorce) can affect children ’s behaviors throughout life. The research on this topic is contradictory and somewhat inconclusive‚ with research asserting that either attachment style or
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takes place during infancy is the formation of attachment.” (Feldman‚ R. S. 2010‚ pg178) That is a pretty powerful statement‚ considering everything that is going on in the lives of infants. Prior to reading and researching this particular subject‚ I thought I had a fairly good grasp on attachment. I have an 11 year old “Daddy’s Girl” and a 5 year old “Mama’s Boy”. I know firsthand many of the characteristic and qualities of parent/child attachment. However‚ much to my surprise there are many
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Developmental Psychology Early Social Development: Attachment Attachment An emotional bond between two people. It is a two-way process that endures over time. It leads to certain behaviours such as clinging and proximity-seeking and serves the function of protecting the infant. Primary attachment figure The person who has formed the closest bond with a child‚ demonstrated by the intensity of the relationship. Usually the biological mother‚ but other people can fulfil
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Jurnal Pendidik dan Pendidikan‚ Jil. 24‚ 55–72‚ 2009 TEACHER-STUDENT ATTACHMENT AND TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS WORK Affizal Ahmad and Rafidah Sahak School of Health Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia 16150 Kubang Kerian‚ Kelantan E-mail: affizal@kb.usm.my Abstract: This study examines the relationship between teacher-student attachment and teachers’ attitude towards work. We show that teacher-student attachment and teachers’ attitudes towards work appear critical in promoting and maintaining
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Attachment Theory The 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. Attachment is an emotional bond to another person. Psychologist John Bowlby (1969‚ 1988) was the first attachment theorist‚ describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings." Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers
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communicate needs. * Attachment – is defined as a person-specific relationship that is dominated by affectionate interchanges. Attachment initially grows out of many instances of a young infant experiencing her parent as reflecting her emotional state. As a child grows‚ other mutually satisfying interactions add to the parent-child attachment. 2. Why is the quality of an infant’s initial attachment important? The quality of an infant’s initial attachment is enormously important
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Attachment Theories: Bowlby and Winnicott I am particularly interested in attachment theories and ideas arising from objects theory namely Winnicott’s concepts of the transitional object and the “good enough mother”. Having two children‚ now aged 12 and 14 years old‚ I can see how the theories applied to them as babies and how it continues to be of significance now they are entering adolescence. It has also allowed me to understand relational patterns in my own life. I particularly like the recognition
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(maximally vs. moderately irritable) and infant attachment (secure vs. insecure). Researchers wanted to reveal whether the two were associated when infants took part in exploration and sociability with unfamiliar adults. Stupica et al. points out many factors that may contribute to an infant’s wariness in exploration and sociability. Some influences include‚ natural child development through stages‚ which was founded by Jean Piaget‚ parental attachment introduced by John Bowlby and finally the differential-susceptibility
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of infancy the influence of a positive attachment can enrich an infant’s behavioural development (Peterson 2010‚ pp.140-150). Erikson (cited in Peterson 2010‚ p.51) theorises that to mould a positive attachment an infant must achieve a balance of the psychosocial stage of ‘trust versus mistrust’. The achievement of this stage combined with the infant’s environment‚ social arena‚ and how infants see themselves as individuals is dependant on a positive attachment. With an understanding of Erikson’s theory
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are how attachment and early social relations influence one as they grow from infant into adulthood. Attachment formed during infancy can have a lasting impact on one’s life. It is a system of how humans regulate their distress and achieve security. During infancy the sensitive period they will perform proximity-seeking behavior such as follow‚ suck‚ and cling. Bowlby stated that interactions between caregivers and infants construct expectations about how relationships and attachments. This is
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