The risk of developing reactive attachment disorder from serious social and emotional neglect or the lack of opportunity to
develop stable attachments may increase in children who, for example:
The risk of developing reactive attachment disorder from serious social and emotional neglect or the lack of opportunity to
develop stable attachments may increase in children who, for example:
Not exact matches
With treatment, children with reactive
attachment disorder may
develop more
stable and healthy relationships with caregivers and others.
Reactive
attachment disorder may
develop if the child's basic needs for comfort, affection and nurturing aren't met and loving, caring,
stable attachments with others are not established.
Children
develop stable internal working models that are implicit guides for later adult
attachment relationships.
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.
They contend that
attachment styles are
stable, and that the
attachment patterns we
develop in early life anchor any gradual change that may occur.
With treatment, children with reactive
attachment disorder may
develop more
stable and healthy relationships with caregivers and others.