Attachment styles in children refer to the ways children form emotional bonds with their caregivers, based on the consistency and quality of care they receive.

The importance of the parent-child connection is the foundation attachment theory. Children with a disorganized attachment type exhibit several behaviors that suggest feelings of confusion or fear ...

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

The attachment style a child forms with their caregiver significantly influences how they approach relationships as adults. Securely attached children tend to become adults comfortable with ...

'Identifying as “child-ambivalent” often helps my clients date with less anxiety,' writes Myisha Battle.

Anxious attachment Anxious attachment, also known as ambivalent attachment, develops when children form worried, insecure patterns of interacting after getting inconsistent care from their primary ...

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 ...

If you're struggling to understand your partner and why they act the way they do, try using attachment theory.

Specifically, three of the five subscales (i.e., Proximity and Contact, Speech, Affect) and Total scores with the Ambivalent-Resistant attachment prototype were highest for children with ...