Running head: THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT STYLES IN LMX The Role of Attachment Styles in Leader-Member Exchange Theory Will A. Gibson Kansas State University Abstract Leader-member Exchange Theory (LMX) deals with the quality of a work relationship between a leader and a member. A higher quality LMX places members in an in-group with their leader and therefore benefit from increased communication‚ attention‚ and consideration. When there is a lower LMX‚ members are in an out-group characterized
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This week I was able to start working with a Dominican 15-year-old boy dealing with difficulties with emotional regulation and anger outbursts at home and school. I really felt good about being able to speak Spanish with the mother of the client who was present during the intake process. I felt a level of comfort that would take several appointments to achieve otherwise. The clients mother mentioned that I was the first Spanish provider she has worked with. Being able to speak Spanish brought a
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Dismissing-Avoidant Attachment Style (Chapter 1) The type of attachment style one develops during childhood‚ plays an important role in one’s future intimate relationships. Dismissing-avoidant attachment style in adults is characterized by individuals lacking the need to have close intimate relationships with others in their lives. Individuals that possess this type of attachment are usually self-reliant in their daily lives lacking the need of support from others. This type of attachment style in adults is
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Attachment-based therapy (children) Attachment-based therapy is a phrase intended to apply to interventions or approaches based on attachment theory‚ originated by John Bowlby. These range from individual therapeutic approaches to public health programs to interventions specifically designed for foster carers.[1] Although attachment theory has become a major scientific theory of socioemotional development with one of the broadest‚ deepest research lines in modern psychology‚ attachment theory has
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Attachment Theory and the impact Adult Romantic Relationships Iksheeta Shah University of Waterloo March 23‚ 2011 My roommate‚ Breseis‚ and I get along really well. We are completely opposite in every aspect‚ but only to complement each other. When I met her‚ she barely talked and never shared any of her stories or her past. She only started trusting me when I trusted her with my problems. She was always uncomfortable talking about her life with others. However‚ she slowly let herself lose
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Development and Theories Related to Adolescence Daphne Holstin PS 220-01 September 3‚ 2012 Professor Smith Development and Theories Related to Adolescence Adolescences is the period of development between the ages of 12 to 18 years of age. During this period many physical changes begin both boys and girls as they grow rapidly and enter puberty. Rapid physical growth differs in boys and girls; boys usually start physical growth approximately 2 years after the girls do. Girls begin growth
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1. What activities have you been engaged in since the last journal was submitted? (For Journal #1: what activities have you been engaged in since you started your practicum? This week I was able to attend an in service session on Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. A fellow crisis worker Kat‚ presented this information. Anorexia and Bulimia are self-harm behaviors in which the person is not trying to suicide‚ in fact they are trying to cope with internal emotional pains. The session provided
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explanations of attachments such as learning theory and Bowlby’s theory (12 marks) The learning theory is about learning through association or reward. There are a few main features that make up the learning theory of attachment. It is thought that the attachment is formed from the person who changes them‚ feeds them and shows them the most love and attention. It is also believed that the first attachment is often the person who looks after the child the most; the first attachment figure can remove
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| The Influence of Attachment Styles and Motivation Behind Binge Drinking | | Kathryn Smith | | Submitted as a PSS220 Lab Report for Swinburne University Lilydale This study examines attachment styles and the influence different motives have on binge drinking in young adults between 18 and 30 year olds. There were 238 Swinburne University students and 103 non-students who participated in this study‚ all participants answered a questionnaire on attachment‚ motives and the amount
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Infant Attachment styles and general anxiety disorder in adults Purpose The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between infant attachment styles and psychological wellbeing‚ with general anxiety as a measure of psychological wellbeing. This study will use an adult sample that will go through psychological tests to determine what attachment style each individual had when they were infants. After establishing their attachment styles their general anxiety levels will be tested
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