A therapist explains the four attachment styles of attachment theory—secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized—and how they affect adult relationships.

Insecure attachment, either avoidant or ambivalent, can result if a caregiver has that style themselves, is depressed, is dealing with their own unresolved trauma, or is struggling with other ...

Understanding your child's attachment style may help guide your own parenting habits. ... Ambivalent attachment is characterized by high levels of distress when a child is separated from the parent.

People who grow up in an insecure environment, often tend to develop either an anxious or an avoidant attachment type. Both ...

Ainsworth's 'strange situation' test revealed these attachment styles in children, which later translate into adult relationships. In the experiment, a 12–18-month-old baby is placed in a toy ...

Attachment theory provides four categories or ways of understanding attachment behaviour: secure, insecure avoidant, ambivalent and disorganized. The child with a secure attachment pattern has ...

Ambivalent/anxious (insecure) attachment The child is highly distressed when separated from the caregiver and is difficult to soothe upon reunion. They may cling to their caregiver but also show ...

According to attachment theory, we all develop one of four attachment styles during childhood, and here's how people with an insecure style (avoidant, ambivalent or disorganized) can form secure ...

In humans, nearly a quarter of children grow up with a disorganized attachment style — the most extreme form of insecure ...

The Attachment Theory, from a parenting perspective, proposes that a child deals with such situations with reduced anxiety and avoidance if the attachment with his or her parent is secure. The far ...