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Park, Yoobin; Johnson, Matthew D.; MacDonald, Geoff; Impett, Emily A. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Attachment anxiety is a form of attachment insecurity characterized by chronic worries about rejection and need for reassurance. Given the critical role a sense of security plays in maintaining healthy relationships, individuals high in attachment anxiety tend to struggle in romantic relationships, which carries serious implications for their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Anxiety, Interpersonal Relationship, Security (Psychology)
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Ortelbach, Niklas; Bovenschen, Ina; Gerlach, Jennifer; Peter, Charlotte; Scheithauer, Herbert – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2022
Due to an increasing number of children under the age of three attending early childhood education and care (ECEC), there is an increasing need for high-quality care settings. In addition to primary caregivers, ECEC teachers are important socializers of children's emotional development and may become children's attachment figures. Early preventive…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Prevention
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Spangler, G.; Grossmann, K. E. – Child Development, 1993
A biobehavioral perspective may help settle disagreements about the validity and interpretation of infants' different behavioral patterns of attachment. A study of 41 infants demonstrated that insecure-avoidant infants, despite showing less overt distress after short separations from their mother than secure infants, exhibited arousal patterns as…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Heart Rate, Infants
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology