Secure+and+Insecure+Attachment

toc media type="youtube" key="MrcNjFyWeWE" height="315" width="420"

Definition:
__Secure Attachment__: A child that readily separates from caregiver and easily becomes absorbed in exploration; when threatened or frightened, child actively seeks contact and is readily consoled; child does not avoid or resist contact if mother initiates it. When reunited with mother after absence, child greets her positively or is easily soothed if upset. Clearly prefers mother to stranger. Pages 152-153,155-156 __Insecure/Avoidant Attachment__: Child avoids contact with mother, especially at reunion of an absence. Does not resist mother's efforts to make contact, but does not seek much contact. Shows no preference for mother over stranger. Pages 152-153, 222 __Insecure/Ambivalent Attachment__: Child shows little exploration and is wary of stranger. Greatly upset when separated from mother, but not reassured by mother's return or her efforts at comforting. Child both seeks and avoids contact at different times. May show anger toward mother at reunion, and resist both comfort from and contact with stranger. Pages 152-153 __Insecure/Disorganized Attachment__: Dazed behavior, confusion, or apprehension. Child may show contradictory behavior patterns simultaneously, such as moving toward mother while keeping gaze averted. Page 153

Examples:
[insert examples here] (give one or more examples of the key term in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. If you don't know of any examples, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on.)

Analogies:
[insert analogies here] (give one or more analogies in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. If you don't know of any analogies, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on.)

Mnemonics:
SAAD Secure=Separates Avoidant=Avoids Ambivalent=Conflicting Disorganized=Dazed

In the News:
[]

[] [|Attachments] [|View on Attachment]