Attachment theory

Psychological ethological theory about human relationships

anxiety disorder that involves the feeling of excessive and inappropriate levels of anxiety over being separated from a person to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment or place

process of development of a close, interpersonal relationship

severe and relatively uncommon disorder that can affect children

parenting philosophy that promotes continuous bodily closeness and touch between parent and infant

psychoanalytic concept

separating infants and young children from their mother

subjective emotional state

psycho-therapeutic process

the measure of the stability of an individual's emotional state, which is essential for maintaining the emotional health

psychotherapy model and technique

acquired mental health disorders caused by a failure to form a sufficient attachment relationship with a caregiver during childhood

an attachment behavior one person has for another

biological instinct

medical condition

application of the theory of attachment to adults

loosely identified category of mental health interventions

concept in psychology related to attachment

theory in psychopathology

interpersonal attachment style