The paper also did not specify if the child is unable to form
normal attachments only in relation to the maladaptive caregiver, all other caregivers and family members, or with whomever else they come in contact on a regular basis.
Not exact matches
Fact:» [N] ot
only is violence in families pervasive but that both the children who are victims of violence and those that witness violence that occurs between their parents suffer a great deal and are themselves at risk of using violence as adults (Jaffe, Wolfe & Wilson, 1990; O'Keefe, 1995; Pagelow, 1993; Saunders, 1994; Johnson, 1996)... infants suffer from having their basic needs for
attachment to their mother disrupted or from having the
normal routines around sleeping and feeding disrupted... Older children come to see violence as an appropriate way of dealing with conflict... These children can suffer from serious emotional difficulties...»
So unlike our
normal - range brains that can simultaneously experience both
attachment bonding and avoidance motivations, with
only minimal cross-inhibition (i.e., the halo effect), the brain of the narcissistic / borderline personality experiences EITHER one OR the other motivation (an intense bonding motivation or an intense avoidance motivation), but never both simultaneously (i.e., never a complex blend of good and bad).
Children who have not had
normal sensory input are at increased risk of not
only attachment difficulties, but learning delays, social impairment and having a difficult time with change.