Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply, attachment ...

One of the things that has been getting a lot of attention lately on social media has been the different attachment styles that people have in their personal relationships. This is based on attachment ...

It’s common knowledge that how you are raised can influence who you become as an adult, but attachment theory takes this notion even deeper. Attachment theory puts forth the idea that one’s earliest ...

Developed by British psychologist John Bowlby and further expanded by Mary Ainsworth, attachment theory examines the impact of early relationships and bonds, particularly with primary caregivers, on ...

Dr. Shannon Curry, clinical psychologist and director of the Curry Psychology Group in Orange County, California, expanded on the basis for Bowlby’s attachment theory. “Bowlby recognized a pattern of ...

Pascal Vrticka received funding from the Max Planck Society (Germany) for parts of his work on the social neuroscience of human attachment described in this piece. Originally rooted in developmental ...

Source: flickr: Attachment-1 by Jencu, CC by 2.0 Some feminists have criticized attachment theory as being a sexist attack on working mothers. Their influence may be part of the reason so many ...