Welcome back to the second part of my series on disorganized attachment. In the first article, I explored how children with anxious, avoidant, and secure attachment styles each have predictable ...

Children who experience disorganized attachment often fear their caregivers, but crave their attention. If you think your child has a disorganized attachment, here's how experts say you can begin to ...

Mårten Hammarlund receives funding from The Swedish Research Council. Pehr Granqvist receives funding from The Swedish Research Council. Tommie Forslund receives funding from the Swedish Research ...

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology suggests that mothers and fathers are equally ...

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you." These are the words of poet Philip Larkin, penned in ...

You've heard of it: distancing your relationships, suppressing your emotions, fearing intimacy. This is how I manage being an avoidant attachment, and how I want to grow.

A core principle of attachment theory emphasizes that children thrive when they have a "safe haven” to retreat to amidst life's external challenges. For a child with a strained family life, this could ...