by Evan Dwan | Dec 20, 2021 | News |
The contribution of attachment to our understanding of development is without parallel (Sroufe in Cassidy and Shaver, 2016). It played a central role in moving from a one-person psychology to a relational psychology where the relationship becomes the unit studied....
by Evan Dwan | Aug 12, 2021 | News |
Attachment plays a central role in setting the path for developmental risks and providing opportunities for early intervention and prevention. Intervention research has highlighted the role of relational interventions in promoting resilient functioning by supporting...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 28, 2021 | News |
Susan Hart writes that the most important evolutionary function of the human attachment system is to help develop a self-regulating control system within the child. Through interactive affect regulation with the caregiver, the infant learns to self-regulate. This...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 25, 2021 | News |
Peter Fonagy writes that attachment theory holds that there is a universal human need to form close, affectional bonds. Early reciprocal relationships is a precondition for healthy development in all mammals. Proximity-seeking, smiling and clinging are examples of...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 24, 2021 | News |
For an infant, skin-to-skin warmth, the smell and sight of the caregiver, and their attentive and responsive actions is experienced as love. Thousands of loving interactions shape the developing brain – they build the foundation of the organising brain. When the...
