Parents may worry about connecting with a child who is hard to comfort. hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and ...

"In order to ban autocracy, exploitation, and inequality in the world, we must first realize that the first inequality in life is that of child and adult." —Erik Erikson For humans, a highly social ...

Narcissism has become the armchair diagnosis of the decade. Social media is awash with people flinging the label around. Everyone's ex seems to be a narcissist, some of our parents are under suspicion ...

It should come as no great surprise that mothers have profound influence on their children. But what about mothers who have their own personality disorder symptoms, such as problems getting along with ...

Emotional attachment is the sense of emotional connection people feel toward others. Experiences during early childhood can shape a person’s emotional attachment type, making it secure or avoidant.

Attachment theory has entered the realm of pop psychology, seemingly providing answers to many common problems. The theory, which is one of the most empirically validated within developmental ...

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a three-year-old ...

Carlo Schuengel receives funding from the NIH, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), and the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Or Dagan does not work for, consult, own ...

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...