Anxious
A child with anxious attachment may show this anxious behavior when separated from their caregiver.
What is Seperation Anxiety
What is another word for avoidant attachment?
What is dismissive or anxious-avoidant
What psychological disorder is caused by secure attachment?
What is none!
What mental health condition is often associated with disorganized attachment due to unresolved childhood trauma?
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This term describes the emotional bond individuals form that influences closeness, intimacy, and dependency in relationships.
What is attachment
Individuals with anxious attachment frequently exhibit this behavior, seeking constant validation and closeness from their partner.
What is clinginess
Name one cause of avoidant attachment
What is caregivers are emotionally distant or unresponsive to a child's needs
Who are the people most responsible for helping develop a secure attachment style?
What is our guardians
What is another name for disorganized attachment?
What is fearful-avoidant attachment?
What are the four types of attachment?
What are Secure, Anxious, Avoidant and Disorganized
Anxious attachment is characterized by fear of _____, heightened emotional responses, and a strong desire for closeness.
What is abandonment
Research suggests that avoidant attachment can be linked to higher rates of which mental health issues?
What is substance use disorder, mood disorder, anxiety disorder, BPD
Which months are crucial for secure attachment development?
What is the first 18 months
What type of dynamic is common in adults with disorganized attachment when they seek closeness but also push people away?
What is push-pull dynamics?
This term describes the caregiver's role as a supportive foundation for exploration and a place of safety during distress.
What is a secure base and safe haven
What are the two main types of therapy used in addressing anxious attachment.
What are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?
This common behavior in avoidant individuals may include keeping personal information to themselves and avoiding emotional conversations
What is emotional distancing/shutting down
List the cues of a secure attachment style...
What is eye contact, close proximity, and physical contact
What common defense mechanism, often seen in disorganized attachment, involves viewing others as either all good or all bad?
What is splitting?
This type of caregiver response, fosters the development of insecure attachment.
What is inconsistent or neglectful
Emotional instability and an intense fear of abandonment are symptoms of this personality disorder linked to anxious attachment.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
Avoidant behaviour is _________ with providing support
What is inversely related
What are the 3 factors that can change a secure attachment style?
What is abuse, grief, illness
In psychodynamic therapy, what term refers to the unconscious projection of past relationship dynamics onto the therapist?
What is transference?
Bowlby proposed that the first few years of life are critical for forming these, which guide future relationships.
What is the Internal Working Model