Sentences with phrase «serve as an attachment figure»

In a person's life more than one person can serve as an attachment figure.

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Therefore, when referring to attachment figures as «prepared» safety stimuli, the idea is not that a specific person is a prepared stimulus but rather that the prepared stimulus is a schema or placeholder in the attachment behavioral system that then becomes occupied by a specific attachment figure who serves as a secure base or source of safety (2).

This finding is interesting, in that attachment figures are likely to increase μ - opioid levels and thus may serve as prepared safety stimuli — reducing conditioned fear responses and enhancing learned safety — through μ - opioid — related processes.

It serves as an internal working model, or set of expectations about the availability of attachment figures, the likelihood of receiving support from them during times of stress, and the interaction with those figures.

Individuals classified as having a secure representation of attachment have experienced consistent caring responses from their attachment figure, and subsequently can effectively use their partner as a source of comfort and emotion regulation, while simultaneously serving as a source of comfort and regulation for their partners.

In early adulthood, romantic partners typically start to serve as important attachment figures (Fraley & Shaver, 2000).