O’Connor and Zeanah (2003) identify two different strands of thinking in attachment problems. The first comprises descriptions of clinical attachment disorders of seriously impaired children and adolescents, while the second provides a way of conceptualizing and measuring insecure attachment patterns displayed by infants who have a regular caregiver. Boris and Zeanah (1999) helpfully propose th...

Attachment is a key subfield in the area of parenting and parent-child relationships research. In this brief overview, we summarise what we consider to be the state-of-the-art of attachment research, focusing primarily on the nature and significance of attachment in infancy and early childhood. We review 4 major topics that are central issues in the scientific literature on attachment: (1) the ...

Background: Although patterns of relating – attachments – appear useful in predicting health outcomes, studies are yet to evaluate whether attachment characteristics predict both objective and subjective outcomes equally. Further, although prior work has identified trait emotionality as a contributing factor, the possibility that attachment related differences in emotion regulation are associat...

The intra-European migration flows have fostered debates about the intentions of migrants to settle in their destination country or return countries origin. Based on a quantitative analysis survey data (N = 1391), this article presents typology patterns among from Latvia Nordic countries. Using two dimensions—attachment and attachment origin—the identifies character...

The relation of attachment security to multiple domains of psychosocial functioning was examined in a community sample of 167 early adolescents. Security of attachment organization, assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview, was linked to success in establishing autonomy while maintaining a sense of relatedness both with fathers and with peers, even after accounting for predictions from qua...

A central tenet of attachment theory is that a person’s attachment pattern in adulthood is a reflection of his or her attachment history—beginning with the person’s earliest attachment relationships. However, the precise way in which early representations might shape adult attachment patterns is ambiguous, and different perspectives on this issue have evolved in the literature. According to the...

BACKGROUND Attachment style may influence distress and relationship satisfaction in infertile couples. Appraisal and coping have also been linked to adjustment to infertility and may be related to attachment patterns. The study examined these associations in men and women around the time of attending initial appointments at fertility clinics. METHODS Attachment, appraisal, coping, general wel...

The attachment pattern of an individual primarily estimates their satisfaction in relationships. Two partners within one relationship can have different levels and requirements from union. study aims to identify each participants style further measure marital satisfaction. data has been collected through online questionnaire for the 65 married belonging parts India. consisted 18-item Adult Atta...