Sentences with phrase «developing attachment insecurity»

But when a mother's capacity to do so is limited by her own personality or stressful conditions then infants with difficult temperament or problem behaviors are at risk for developing attachment insecurity.

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You can challenge your insecurities by choosing a partner with a secure attachment style, and work on developing yourself in that relationship.

There are at least two strategies for dealing with this attachment insecurity: (a) become preoccupied with relational partners by being overly sensitive to partner's emotional moves and developing a sustained expectation that partner's will eventually betray or abandon them (i.e., attachment anxiety), and / or (b) avoid developing relationships of any significant emotional depth to avoid getting hurt in the first place, which often leads insecurely attached individuals to become emotionally aloof, overly fixated with self - reliance, and emotionally unavailable to others in times of need (i.e., attachment avoidance).

This theory is based on the premise that attachment security develops when the caregiver is perceived as being responsible and caring whereas attachment insecurity results when the caregiver is perceived as inconsistent in their responses and availability [2].