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&_160;This box&_160;view&_160;•&_160;talk&_160;•&_160;edit&_160; Attachment theory was extended to adult romantic relationships in the late 1980s. Four styles of attachment have been identified in adults secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant. Investigators have explored the organization and the stability of mental working models that underlie these attachment styles. They have also explored how attachment impacts relationship outcomes and how attachment functions in relationship dynamics. Of course, relationships between adult romantic partners differ in many ways from relationships between children and caregivers. The claim is not that these two kinds of relationships are identical. The claim is that the core principles of attachment theory apply to both kinds of relationships. Investigators tend to describe the core principles of attachment theory in light of their own theoretical interests. Their descriptions seem quite different on a superficial level. For example, Fraley and Shaver[4] describe the "central propositions" of attachment in adults as follows
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The Importance of Secure Attachments in Childhood
by Dr Bobby Sura
Jun 04, 2008
Attachment may be described as a bond or affectional tie between a child and it's primary caregiver, characterised by a loving and enduring relationship. All theories of infant social and emotional development emphasise the child's relationship to p...
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