Therapists outline the four different attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized—plus how to identify ...

Editor’s note: This story appeared in the February 2022 edition of The Daily Universe Magazine. Parents watch their child play with a toy. Children develop attachment styles as they grow up which ...

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 ...

Valentine's Day love hunters, take note. Forget what you've read in dating bibles such as "The Rules" or "He's Just Not That Into You." The advice proffered in such self-help books is more about game ...

A disorganized attachment style is characterized by a deep desire for intimacy coupled with a history of self-sabotaging relationships.

An attachment disorder is a behavioral disorder that affects the ability to form and maintain relationships. Attachment disorders are common in children but can occur in adults. These disorders ...

Attachment theory is a tremendous field of research that is fascinating to read about. For our purposes, I will sum it up very quickly: The way our parent/primary caregiver interacts with us when we ...

The book "Attached," which explains attachment theory in layman's terms, has regained popularity on social media. The book's co-author says he would offer more support to people with avoidant ...

What do infants need in their early relationships? Many believe this question has a definitive answer: “What an infant needs is a secure attachment.” In some contexts, this has hardened into static ...

Jill McDevitt, Ph.D., has been fascinated by human sexual behavior since she was a teenager. “As a young person, I was very confused about sex and sexuality. I recognized that adults got weird about ...