Narcissism has become the armchair diagnosis of the decade. Social media is awash with people flinging the label around.

A study of couples in Canada found that individuals who reported greater exposure to childhood trauma tended to experience ...

Attachment disorders are common in children but can occur in adults. These disorders typically develop in childhood. They can result when a child is unable to have a consistent emotional ...

Anxious attachment develops when a child experiences inconsistent care. Sometimes their needs are met, and other times they are ignored, leading to confusion and insecurity. As adults, these ...

Below, Farina and Epstein share typical characteristics of each style for both children and adults. Anxious attachment, also called preoccupied attachment, can develop from inconsistent parenting ...

Children with attachment issues may either withdraw emotionally from caregivers or become overly friendly with unknown adults. Untreated, attachment disorders may negatively affect social development.

Over time, other psychologists began to consider these attachment styles in the context of adult relationships. There are different ways to measure attachment, but one common method that social ...

How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love, written by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. But it took a few economic crises, some serious political disasters ...

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3 (2024), pp. 228-246 (19 pages) It is known that pregnancy and postpartum are difficult periods in which women may have important changes and be ...

Developing an avoidant attachment style as a child can lead to difficulties forming close relationships as an adult. Avoidant attachment is one of three attachment styles that Mary Ainsworth and ...