Theory
What type of animal was used in the first studies of understanding the maternal bond?
Name a loss of parent or caregiver risk factor that impedes a positive attachment.
Death
Imprisonment
Abandonment
Name this attachment style in adulthood:
The individual finds it easy to get close to others and they are comfortable depending on others. They are comfortable having people depend on them. They do not feel worried about being abandoned or someone being “too” friendly to them.
Secure attachment
Due to their over-willingness to trust strangers, youths who have this diagnosis are more likely to be at risk of physical, sexual, and emotional harm.
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED)
What is the priority of treatment in attachment disorders?
To form a healthy attachment.
Detachment
Name an example of a parental mental health risk factor:
Prenatal depression
Postpartum Depression
Depression
Anxiety
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Other mental health diagnoses
Adults with attachment disorders are at a higher risk of many psychiatric disorders. Name two.
Depression, anxiety, substance use, adult separation anxiety
Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder have more (internalized / externalized) symptoms.
Internalized
What are two examples of how therapy targets the caregiver to build a positive attachment?
Helping caregiver manage child’s behavior
Address caregiver’s own feelings of anxiety, frustration, anger or difficulties with connectivity
Address caregiver’s emotional availability for the child
Address caregiver’s attachment style and encourage discipline that is not harsh or disciplinarian
Attachment Theory believes that all behavior is:
A. Innate
B. Learned
B: Learned
Colic, failure to gain weight, detached or unresponsive behaviors, difficulty being comforted, pre-occupied and/or defiant behaviors, inhibition or hesitancy in social interactions, being too close to strangers
Adults may see counselors as "caregivers" and see them as an attachment figure. This creates a risk of...
Transference
Which parenting style is seen as a "protective factor" against attachment disorders?
A) Permissive
B) Neglectful
C) Authoritative
D) Authoritarian
Authoritative
Name an example of a trauma informed therapy that can be used alongside attachment building therapies.
TFCBT, biofeedback, EMDR
This theorist created the "strange situation" study that highlighted four attachment styles.
Mary Ainsworth
Name two symptoms of attachment disorders in adulthood
Lower self-esteem
Emotional impairments
Difficulties navigating social situations
Withdrawal from connections
Impulsivity
Anger problems
Control issues
Inability to maintain significant relationships (romantic or platonic)
Distrust
Anxiety
Depression
Dissociation
Problems with substance use
Detachment
Avoidance of physical intimacy
Name this attachment style in adulthood:
The individual finds that they are somewhat uncomfortable being close to others. They find it difficult to trust people or allow themselves to depend on people around them. They get nervous when anyone gets too close.
Which diagnosis does DSED closely resemble?
ADHD
Name some ways to build a positive bond and trust with a child:
Encourage parents to talk to babies and toddlers, eye contact, hold babies for feedings, use of healthy touch.
Create healthy behavioral expectations for each developmental level, encourage non-physical means of discipline and praising good behavior.
Have parents become the "safe haven" for child, take classes of volunteer with children, be engaged in play, offer verbal and non-verbal responses
What are John Bowlby's four distinguishing characteristics of attachment? (Name two for full points)
Proximity maintenance
Safe Haven
Secure Base
Separation Distress
Name two linked physiological (physical) complications of attachment disorders in adulthood.
Name this attachment style:
The individual finds it easy to get close to others and they are comfortable depending on others. They are comfortable having people depend on them. They do not feel worried about being abandoned or someone being “too” friendly to them.
Insecure ambivalent
During childhood, the human brain grows and adapts with it's environment. Children's brains who have experienced trauma see three main differences, compared to others who have not experienced trauma. Name one.
Smaller brain, enlarged ventricles, and cortical atrophy
Name two CPS lagging skills that could be in result of an attachment disorder.
Saying what is bothering them, saying what they are thinking or what they need, saying what they are feeling, handling feelings when angry or frustrated, handling feelings when annoyed, handling feelings when nervous / anxious / worried, thinking about what may happen before doing something, pausing before responding, waiting for something they want, understanding what other people mean in the way they behave or talk, starting and having conversations with others, getting other's attention in positive ways, understanding how their behaviors makes others feel, understanding what others think and their behavior, understanding other people's points of view