Attachment behaviour

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Attachment

Attachment theory

Attachment behaviour Affectional bond Attachment in adults Attachment in children Attachment parenting Mother child relations Father child relations Parent child relations

Attachment disorder

Reactive attachment disorder Disorganized attachment

Assessment

Adult measures Child measures

Treatment

Circle of security Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Attachment Therapy Floor Time Watch, wait and wonder Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Attachment facilitating parenting

theorists

John Bowlby Mary Ainsworth Mary Main

Attachment behaviour refers to the psychological and biological repertoire of actions that leads to the formation and maintenance of significant relationships. As described by Bowlby is is proximity-seeking behavior. Attachment behavior is activated when the individual experiences some threat and then seeks proximity to a preferred other and experiences a sense of safety and security in the presence of that other.

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See also

• Abandonment
• Anaclitic depression
• Attachment disorders
• Attachment theory
• Attachment Therapy
• Behavior analysis of child development
• Detachment (philosophy)
• Dependency (personality)
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Emotional development
• Erotomania
• Intimacy
• John Bowlby
• Love
• Object relations
• Parent child relations
• Postpartum depression
• Reactive attachment disorder
• Separation anxiety
• Separation individuation
• Separation reactions
• Stranger reactions
• Separation anxiety disorder

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