Not exact matches
Research on
adult attachment shows that it is not the actual childhood experiences with
attachment that matter but rather how well the
adult understands what happened to them, whether they've learned some new ways of relating, and how well they've integrated their experience into the present.
Research shows that children who have a secure
attachment with at least one
adult experience benefits.
A large body of additional
research suggests that a child's early
attachment affects the quality of their
adult relationships, and a recent longitudinal study of 81 men showed that those who grew up in warm, secure families were more likely to have secure
attachments with romantic partners well into their 70s and 80s.
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Research on
Adult Attachment Adult attachment has been found to be strongly associated with child psychological, socio - emotional, and behavioral
Attachment Adult attachment has been found to be strongly associated with child psychological, socio - emotional, and behavioral
attachment has been found to be strongly associated with child psychological, socio - emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
Attachment parenting is merely a term coined much later to tie these natural parenting choices and others in with the modern
research of psychologists like John Bowlby who found that the healthiest emotional and relational
adults tended to have strong early
attachments with a parent or primary caregiver.
Alan Smoufe, Professor of Child Psychology in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota writes in March / April 2011 Psychotherapy Networker, «Another important implication of
attachment research is that it's possible to develop a secure state of mind as an
adult, even in the face of a difficult childhood.
Moreover, while the basis of
Attachment Theory is rooted in studies involving infants and toddlers, research in adult relationships is increasingly showing that attachment quality is an important feature of development and the effects persist over the lifetime, beyond these ea
Attachment Theory is rooted in studies involving infants and toddlers,
research in
adult relationships is increasingly showing that
attachment quality is an important feature of development and the effects persist over the lifetime, beyond these ea
attachment quality is an important feature of development and the effects persist over the lifetime, beyond these early years.
However, more
research is needed to determine if problems in older children and
adults are related to experiences of reactive
attachment disorder in early childhood.
More recent
attachment theory is based on
research into different styles of
attachment in both children and
adult romantic relationships.
Research on resilient children indicates that they need only one secure
attachment figure to be successful, and it can be a mother, father, relative, or other caring
adult.
When the studies were first conducted,
researches expected to find the opposite conclusion, but they found that
attachment parenting does NOT in fact produce co-dependent
adults.
Instead, their
research indicated that the best predictor of
adult attachment style was the perceptions that people have about the quality of their relationships with their parents as well as their parent's relationship with each other.
Research has also shown that
adults with an avoidant
attachment style are more accepting and likely to engage in casual sex.
However,
research has also consistently shown that people can overcome poor
attachment in childhood to develop healthy romantic relationships as
adults.
While we can not say that early
attachment styles are identical to
adult romantic
attachment,
research has shown that early
attachment styles can help predict patterns of behavior in adulthood.
My
research focused on the opioid system and its role in
adult attachment in the monogamous titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus).
Research into
adult attachment shows humans are hardwired to depend on a significant other as a matter of survival.
Originally developed and examined between infant and caregiver relationships,
research into
attachment theory has evolved to explore how this becomes a template for
adult intimate partner relationships.
A Brief Overview of
Adult Attachment Theory and
Research.
[4 marks] 1 1 Discuss
research into the influence of early
attachment on
adult relationships.
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EFT is a
research based therapy which aims to reduce distress in
adult relationships, recognizing that trust, flexibility, connection and safety rely upon secure
attachments to important people.
The framework of
adult attachment theory, coupled with social - cognitive paradigms, has been especially useful in guiding my
research.
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attachment behavior /
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Decades of
research have shown that a relationship with a consistent and caring
adult, known as a secure
attachment, provides the optimal conditions for learning and development.
It also links congruently to other bodies of
research such as those examining the nature of relationship distress and
adult attachment processes.
What was the quality of your
attachment to parents / primary caregivers (as
research has shown the connection between this how we «do» intimate
adult relationships)?
Broadly, Amy's
research focuses on
adult attachment, couples» communication, and how couples perceive their relationships.
It also links congruently to other bodies of
research such as those examining the nature or relationship distress and
adult attachment processes.
While
research has demonstrated that
attachment styles, which are developed from our early parenting experiences, are quite stable over time, specific
adult intimate relationships can alter the strength of one's
attachment style.2 In my case, my ex-husband was not mentally healthy; I consequently avoided dating for a good year and a half following our divorce.
Overall, Zayas and colleagues»
research provides evidence for what
attachment researchers have been suggesting for a long time: parents play a pivotal role in shaping our expectations and tendencies in close relationships, including our
adult romantic relationships.
These descriptions * have formed the basis of
research on
adult romantic
attachment for some time.1 Attachment is a topic we've covered extensively here at ScienceOfRela
attachment for some time.1
Attachment is a topic we've covered extensively here at ScienceOfRela
Attachment is a topic we've covered extensively here at ScienceOfRelationships.
A new
research paper examines sexting and its association with
adult attachment.
Research has uncovered two categories of secure
attachment: Continuous - secures and earned - secures.1 My professor at the time was describing continuously secure (and / or insecure) individuals who develop an
attachment in their childhood and carry that same
attachment style into their
adult romantic relationships.
His
research focuses on self - regulation and recovery following social disruptions, normative
attachment processes in
adult relationships, and treatment outcome
research related to family transitions.
A review of
adult attachment measures: Implications for theory and
research.
Developmental
research has shown that extreme rebellion is often a strong signal that
adults have not met the child's basic needs for secure
attachment and autonomy (Newman and Newman, 1986).
Although
research is scarce,
attachment style has been identified to be an influencing factor in
adults, and still
research in adolescent is almost non-existent.
Although
research is scarce,
attachment style has been identified to be an influencing factor in
adults, and still
research in ado
This
research into
adult attachment has tremendous importance, especially related to the ways in which
attachment issues travel down the generations.
Updated
research on insecure
adult attachment tells us these categories are more fluid than fixed.
There, social and developmental
research psychologists not only observed mothers and babies, but began to study the long - term effects of secure and insecure
attachment on adolescents and
adults.
A brief overview of
adult attachment theory and
research.
These conceptualizations are supported by empirical
research on the nature of couple distress and
adult attachment.
Training covers effective assessment and therapeutic techniques for children, families,
adults and couples and is based on the latest
research in neurobiology, trauma,
attachment therapy and resilience.
Building on early theory and
research evidence, Hazan and Shaver (1987) examined
attachment in adulthood and found that it does extend into the
adult years.
Recent
research has suggested that
adult attachment may impact perceptions of leader — member exchange (LMX; Harms 2011), and recent empirical
research has supported that assertion (Richards and Hackett 2012).
Research on
adult attachment shows that it is not the actual childhood experiences with
attachment that matter but rather how well the
adult understands what happened to them, whether they've learned some new ways of relating, and how well they've integrated their experience into the present.
I was drawn to Emotionally Focused Therapy because it brings the
research work I did with small children and their parents as an undergraduate in
attachment to work with
adults and couples.
A large body of additional
research suggests that a child's early
attachment affects the quality of their
adult relationships, and a recent longitudinal study of 81 men showed that those who grew up in warm, secure families were more likely to have secure
attachments with romantic partners well into their 70s and 80s.