It's a heartbreaking story. Infants and young children who are not held, abused, neglected, or who do not have a stable caregiver sometimes grow into children and adolescents facing a specific set of ...

Psychology has taught us a lot about the way human bonds are formed. We now know that attachment begins far earlier than we ever thought possible, in utero. When we are fetuses, the way our mothers ...

Dr. Kazuko Behrens, Professor and Coordinator of Psychology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published two major ...

In 2010, Amir Levine and Rachel Heller released the book Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love. Despite the book’s many strengths, it has also ...

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you." These are the words of poet Philip Larkin, penned in ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

One of the things that has been getting a lot of attention lately on social media has been the different attachment styles that people have in their personal relationships. This is based on attachment ...

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3 (2024), pp. 228-246 (19 pages) It is known that pregnancy and postpartum are difficult periods in which women may have important changes and be ...

It should come as no great surprise that mothers have profound influence on their children. But what about mothers who have their own personality disorder symptoms, such as problems getting along with ...

Secure Attachment: You feel comfortable getting close to people and don’t have a lot of stress about it. Anxious Attachment: You feel a lot of anxiety around getting close to people. Avoidant ...