Endings: Arriving back where we began About the book Providing an accessible introduction to attachment thinking, this practical book offers early years practitioners' advice on translating attachment principles into practice in their settings. It clearly explains how knowledge about attachment theory ...
Integrated early years settingsThis paper provides a brief overview of the origins of attachment theory and its' current relevance to early childhood research and education. The empirical component of the work reported here concerns the use of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) with mothers in a...
Developing attachment in early years settings: nurturing secure relationships from birth to five yearsdoi:10.1080/02667363.2011.603576Susie MackenzieEducational Psychology in Practice: theory, research and practice in educational psychology
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Attachment isan emotional bond that forms in early childhoodwhen we are 10 to 20 months old based on our parents’ behavior. Unconscious patterns become set in place by the time we are two years old. Our attachment style is at the core ofhow we form adult relationshipswhether they are roman...
Attachment theory posits that the attention and safety you experience during the first few years of life may influence your view of relationships throughout your life. Those who struggle to form a strong early attachment with a caregiver might later have trouble developing a healthy attachment with...
attachment theory focuses on the offspring’s side of the conflict, and on the parent’s willingness or unwillingness to invest in any particular individual offspring. However, parental lifespan planning may help to explain possible differences in parental investment in care an...
1.1. Attachment representations in middle childhood Attachment theory mainly bases on the assumption that the infant’s early caregiving experiences build the foundation for mental representations of self and others that persist throughout the child’s development [7,8]. These internal models guide the...
Early attachment theory portrayed the links between caregiving, attachment quality andchild developmentin a somewhat simplified manner. But decades of careful research have sincebrought important nuancesto the picture. We now know that numerous factors beyond parents' caregiving capability are also influenti...
The theory maintains that attachment styles form in infancy and early childhood. From birth, children look to caregivers to meet their emotional needs. Children develop assumptions about relationships based on how caregivers respond to their needs. ...