Secure Attachment: What it Is and How it Develops
Texas Christian Counseling
Attachment refers to the nonverbal pattern of communication that develops between an infant and his or her mother during this most vulnerable stage of life when he or she is totally dependent on an adult for survival. Secure attachment is preferred. The baby uses cues such as crying or fussing when distressed to attract the caregiver’s attention and let her know something is wrong. How these signs are responded to determines the quality and type of attachment formed. The more sensitive and responsive the parent is to his or her child’s nonverbal cues, the more secure the attachment between them will be. Adult attachment styles are influenced by this first...
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