Repeated changes of primary caregivers that limit opportunities to
form stable attachments (e.g., frequent changes in foster care)
A child whose needs are ignored or met with a lack of emotional response from caregivers does not come to expect care or comfort or
form a stable attachment to caregivers.
A child whose needs are ignored or met with a lack of emotional response from caregivers does not come to expect care or comfort or
form a stable attachment to caregivers.
Not exact matches
The
attachment experience affects personality development, particularly a sense of security, and research shows that it influences the ability to
form stable relationships throughout life.
Research has shown that when a child
forms a strong
attachment with a
stable and loving caregiver in the first five years of life, his psychological health will be influenced for the better.
According to Minuchin, this rigid triangle
forms a
stable coalition where the alienating parent
forms a rigid bond or
attachment with the child in this coalition against the rejected parent.
Attachment trauma like abuse or neglect can disrupt a person's ability to
form secure relationships and even damages their ability to
form a
stable sense of self.
Young children can only
form these critical
attachments when their child care providers remain
stable over time.
In line with this principle,
attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) postulates that, due to the internal working models
formed during childhood, relationships are relatively
stable «from the cradle to the grave» (Bowlby, 1977).
There is evidence that early
attachment representations are relatively
stable over time and that adult
attachment representations are congruent with
attachment formed in early childhood (Fraley 2002; Grossmann et al. 2008).