Attachment styles are a popular way to understand how people experience relationships and why they might struggle to be vulnerable with loved ones. They're a popular topic of conversation — in ...

A rare fourth style, disorganized attachment, was later identified; this is where children have no reasonable way to meet their needs, often resulting from caregiver abuse or neglect.

Children experiencing dangerous attachment with the adults in their life are habitually in fight/flight, a heightened state that, when chronically activated, hinders healthy development.

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People can love you a lot, but depending on their attachment style, they’ll behave very differently.” About 25% of Hazan and Shaver’s research subjects had an avoidant attachment style.

Attachment Style Dimensions Can Affect Prolonged Grief Risk in Caregivers of Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 32 (8), 855–860. https://doi ...

Their two kids were 3 years and 4 months old, respectively, when COVID lockdowns began, and the couple were both stressed out and overwhelmed. (Marie—not her real name—said she was the one doing the ...

People with anxious attachment often need consistent reassurance, often preoccupied with thoughts about their relationship, deeply fear abandonment, can become more clinging, and feel the need to ...

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant health concern among adolescents and young adults, often resulting from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Dissociation, post-traumatic symptoms and ...