The new study published today in Nature Human Behaviour delivers the first field evidence that wild chimpanzees form ...

A team of researchers has identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Drawing parallels with human psychology, the study provides compelling ...

Have you ever wondered how your childhood relationship with your parents shaped the person you are today? Scientists have ...

A similar disorganized attachment can occur in captive chimpanzees, particularly orphans who are raised by humans. A lack of ...

Secure attachment develops when caregivers consistently meet a child’s emotional and physical ... Secure relationships can help individuals with insecure attachment develop greater security ...

Observing mother-offspring relationships in wild chimps offers new insights into the evolutionary roots of attachment and ...

A study in the International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy showed "that parental narcissism is related to ...

Attachment theory, introduced by John Bowlby and further developed by authors such as Main and Ainsworth, has revolutionized the world of developmental ...

Picture by Tambako the Jaguar. In humans, nearly a quarter of children grow up with a disorganized attachment style — the most extreme form of insecure attachment, linked to trauma, fear ...

Everyone is familiar with the scenes in the park: parents pushing their children in strollers while constantly staring at their phones, or dog owners glued to their phones during walks as if their ...