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

Insecure avoidant attachment. With this type of avoidant attachment style, you may find it difficult to be in a relationship. You like to have the freedom to do what you want and when you want.

Avoidant, or insecure-avoidant Avoidant attachment develops in children who do not experience sensitive responses from a parent or caregiver to their needs or distress.

The styles come from attachment theory, which arose in the late 1960s out of work conducted by psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Bowlby hypothesized that if young children did not form ...

According to research by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby and developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth, there are three main types of insecure attachment: anxious, avoidant, and ...

JM: This taps into something important: We don’t want to accommodate insecure attachment.We’re not here to accommodate the avoidant who has difficulty talking, and we’re not here to accommodate your ...

In another instance, an anxious-avoidant person may have high-conflict relationships because of their insecure attachment style. Ultimately, insecure attachment styles can lead to not getting the ...

Mother-offspring attachment in the wild: Wild chimpanzees develop secure or insecure-avoidant attachments to their mothers, but not disorganised attachments, suggesting that it is not a viable ...

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

If you’ve heard of attachment styles before, you may have seen them discussed within the context of romantic relationships. The reality is that attachment styles can affect how we show up in ...