Sentences with phrase «attachment feelings and behaviors»

Instinctual attachment feelings and behaviors in infants and toddlers are activated by cues or signals — social releasers — from caregivers (examples include smiles, eye contact, holding, rocking, touching and feeding).

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It's so important to find like - minded parents who can offer their «been there, done that» stories, emotional scaffolding, and specific suggestions for when you feel confused as to what to do about your child's behavior, or when you question whether this new thing you're trying, like positive discipline instead of spanking, for example, is going to work out in the long term, or how exactly to keep those family attachment bonds strong as your children grow, or how to move forward when your family encounters challenging life circumstances.

If you feel something is «off» about your child's attachment to you or her behavior, listen to your heart and not to other parents / friends or family members who are not experts in post-institutionalized children.

When mothers relate well to their babies and understand their behavior, they have a more secure infant - caregiver attachment and later ability to understand others» thoughts and feelings.

My approach is integrative and uniquely tailored for each client, informed by both cognitive behavioral therapy, (i.e., the interaction of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors); mindfulness, (i.e., learning to be in the here and now); and attachment theory, (I.e., our experience of connectedness with other people).»

Someone's «attachment style» can influence how they feel in their relationships (satisfaction, love, etc.), as well as a wide variety of behaviors including communication, conflict, break - ups, and sex.2, 6 For example, anxious ambivalent individuals deal with rejection and break - ups by jumping from one serious relationship to the next very quickly (rebounding).

An alternative, but less likely explanation might be that she has an anxious attachment style, meaning she may have had clingy behaviors and mood swings due to feeling uncertain about your feelings towards her.

Given what you describe about your ex's behavior, it is possible that she terminated the relationship because of having an avoidant attachment style, meaning that she is fearful about entering and becoming too close to others.1 People with avoidant attachment styles are more likely than people with other styles to end relationships when they start getting too intimate2 and to use indirect strategies to do so, such as avoiding direct communication about the real problems that are leading to the break - up.3 In other words, she may have been holding back negative feelings.

Oxytocin is a hormone that promotes bonding during the early stages of relationship development, positive feelings toward relationship partners1, including feelings of trust.2 In fact, oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormone.»

In attachment formation process [5] brings near the child to mother, the system of feelings and attachment behaviors, and keeps him / her safe from danger.

When we engage in nurturing attachment behavior, we're satisfying each other's need to feel connected and close.

I feel that this experience prepared me to deal with a wide array of issues that children face including depression, anxiety, grief, maladaptive behavior, trauma related issues (due to abuse and / or neglect) and attachment disorders.

The following features of parenting behavior are especially valuable to assess because they reveal information about the parent — child attachment relationship (Bowlby, 1988): how a mother comforts her child when the child is ill, hurt, or frightened; how she reads and responds to her children's cues; whether and how she prioritizes her children's needs; and whether she values the child and helps the child to feel safe and secure.

In EFT therapy, we would look at the patterns of Anne and Chris in their behaviors, how attachment is being disrupted between them, how feelings of fear, sadness, loneliness and anger expressed by each partner, and look at alternative approaches for them to talk to each other.

When they feel secure enough, they «turn off» their attachment behavior and explore their environment.

are three key attachment behaviors, and when present in a relationship, couples are more likely to feel satisfied and stable in their relationship, as well as communicate more effectively.

The psychology of attachment views infants as having an inbuilt «mechanical» behavior system which makes them automatically seek proximity to or «attach» themselves to someone who they feel is sensitive and responds sensitively to their attachment attempts - once again, typically the mother.

If you are ambivalent and feeling anxious or needy towards your partner, instead of looking for something outside of yourself to give you the attention you desire, recognize this is your attachment behavior and then ask what you can give yourself in the moment to connect to you and meet your own needs.

Oppressed affect, low self - worth, lack of empowerment, bully - like or victim - like behaviors, overly clingy or withdrawn behavior, separation anxieties, attachment disorders, low empathy, difficulty managing and appropriately expressing their feelings

«Barber (2002) defines psychological control as comprising «parental behaviors that are intrusive and manipulative of children's thoughts, feelings, and attachments to parents, and are associated with disturbances in the boundaries between the child and the parent» (p. 15)(see also Bradford & Barber, this issue).»

Based on an attachment theory framework, in the present study we sought to examine how feelings of intimacy may mediate the relationship between attachment styles and conflict behaviors.

Children who are unwilling to show vulnerability, deny the separation or show bizarre or disorganized behavior, obtain low emotional security scores; high security scores are given to children who show recognition of attachment feelings and the corresponding motives.

For instance, while there is evidence that fathers play a more important role in teaching emotionally and socially appropriate behaviors with peers, the attachment relationship to mother seems more relevant for the development of emotional understanding and the integration of positive and negative feelings in children's autobiographical narratives (Steele and Steele 2005).