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Attachment Theory: From Bowlby's Infants to Adult Relationships
Attachment theory explained: Bowlby's ideas on the bond between child and caregiver, Ainsworth's research, and how it grew into adult attachment styles.
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- Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance: The Two Dimensions Behind Every StyleAttachment anxiety and attachment avoidance are the two dimensions behind adult attachment styles.
- The Four Attachment Styles: Bartholomew's Four-Category ModelThe four attachment styles explained: secure, preoccupied, dismissing and fearful, built on models of self and other, and how they map onto two dimensions.
- The Strange Situation: How Ainsworth Studied Infant AttachmentThe Strange Situation explained: Ainsworth's eight-episode procedure, the infant categories, disorganized attachment and what it says about adults.
- Earned Secure Attachment: Can Attachment Styles Change?Earned secure attachment explained: what research by Main and Roisman shows, how stable attachment styles are, and everyday routes toward more security.
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Foundations
Where attachment theory comes from and what it describes. 4 articles
Research
The studies and models behind the four styles. 3 articles
Change and growth
How attachment patterns shift, and what they are not. 2 articles
The four styles
Each style has its own page: how it shows up, where it comes from and how it can shift.
Secure
HarborCloseness and independence both feel safe.
Anxious
SparkLeans in hard and listens closely for signs of distance.
Avoidant
IslandValues independence and steps back when things get close.
Fearful-avoidant
PendulumWants closeness and fears it, so it swings between both.
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