Sentences with phrase «strong social attachments»

With these fellows it's often unclear if they are surrendered by their previous owners because of this problem or if these dogs are more prone to it because of their history of being surrendered which causes a great deal of instability and a strong need to form strong social attachments with their new owners (even to the point of the attachment being dysfunctional).

Signs of psychic trouble include being excessively introverted and lacking strong social attachments.

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A child with a secure attachment will be less distressed if they are separated from their primary carer, more confident mixing with others, and develop stronger social skills as they venture out into the big scary world, secure in the knowledge that there is a safe haven with you if they need it.

That faith in you will foster a strong attachment and greater security in the world at large (the foundation of a healthy social life).

Dogs are social animals, and form strong attachments to other dogs and to people.

Dogs are a very social species and form strong attachments with their human family members.

The theory hypothesizes that when social groups produce strong bonds of attachment and commitment in members, and promote clear standards for behavior, these groups increase behavior consistent with those standards and prevent behavior that violates them.

Two major reasons for this view are (1) the strong similarities between monkeys and humans in social behavior, endocrine function, brain structure, and degree and duration of mother - infant nurturance (Harlow and Zimmerman 1959; Kalin and Shelton 2003; Mendoza and Mason 1997), or, in the unique case of titi monkeys, the extent of biparental care (Hennessy 1997); and (2) the extent to which monkeys fulfill Ainsworth's criteria of attachment (Ainsworth 1972), namely, unequivocal distress upon complete separation from the attachment figure and alleviation of this distress (both behavioral and physiological) upon reunion / interaction with the attachment figure (Mendoza and Mason 1997).

Joy Rees is a specialist adoption social worker with a particular interest in promoting strong family attachments through her innovative and sensitive construction of «family friendly» life storybooks.

The approach is linked with important developmental advantages, like the forging of secure attachment relationships, stronger social skills, and maybe even better self - control.

Studies suggest that parents who tune in end up with stronger attachment relationships — and with babies who develop better social skills.

Thus, evidence from neuroimaging research suggests that attachment anxiety is associated with stronger activity not only in response to criticism or rejection but also to positive social signals.

Because of the associated sensitivity to potential rejection and a strong desire for closeness, anxious attachment, rather than secure attachment, should trigger stronger neural activation in response to negative emotional faces in the brain regions implicated in processing social rejection (i.e., dorsal ACC, anterior insula, Gillath et al., 2005) and regions implicated in threat detection (i.e., amygdala, Vrtička et al., 2008) when primed with neutral schema.

Interestingly men's, but not women's, anxious attachment played a particularly strong role in predicting their own as well as their partners» lower intimacy (save for male social intimacy), indicating significant actor and partner effects.

Children's development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.1 Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across different theories and research frameworks (e.g. attachment, socio - cultural) as playing an important role in providing a strong foundation for children to develop optimally.2 - 4 Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive in ways that are contingently linked to a young child's signals («contingent responsiveness») are the affective - emotional aspects of a responsive style.5 These aspects, in combination with behaviours that are cognitively responsive to the child's needs, including the provision of rich verbal input and maintaining and expanding on the child's interests, provide the range of support necessary for multiple aspects of a child's learning.6

LAWRENCE — A new investigation appearing this week in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests a strong association between a person's attachment style — how avoidant or anxious people are in their close relationships — and their perception and management of social networks lSocial Psychology Bulletin suggests a strong association between a person's attachment style — how avoidant or anxious people are in their close relationships — and their perception and management of social networks lsocial networks like Fa

Social support had a stronger effect on security of attachment in the context of irritable babies, such that when infants were temperamentally difficult, mothers who felt unsupported were more likely to have insecurely attached infants than mothers who felt supported.

When considering social skills, the positive effects of a strong attachment relationship during early childhood are seen in those children whose EEG power is more mature and age appropriate.

Preoccupied attachment is characterized by a «hyperactive» attachment system [17; 39], that is oversensitive to signs of potential rejection, and shows stronger neural activation to rejection in brain regions implicated in processing social rejection (i.e., dACC, anterior insula; [40]; ACC, [36]; amygdala, [38]-RRB-, more intense behavioral responses to rejection [34], greater negative emotions and lower self - esteem [41].