Author
van IJzendoorn; Marinus H. ; Bakermans-Kranenburg; Marian J.
Year
2024
Publisher
UCL Press
Language
English
Pages
7
ISBN
978-1-80008-650-0
Last Update
12-Oct-2025
Keywords
Psychology ; Education
Attachment can be defined at two levels: the level of the species and the level of the dyad or individual (see Van IJzendoorn, 2021, for details of the following descriptions). On the level of the species, attachment is signifying an inborn bias to seek the protection of a conspecific in times of distress; in John Bowlby’s words: ‘To say of a child that he … has an attachment to someone means that he is strongly disposed to seek proximity to and contact with a specific figure and to do so in certain situations, notably when he is frightened, tired or...
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