The World Health Organization recommends that babies should exclusively breastfeed for at least the first six months of their lives and continue alongside the introduction of other foods for at least ...

Recent psychological research has transformed our understanding of human relationships, revealing how early childhood experiences shape our ability to form and maintain meaningful connections ...

Attachment theory is one of the most comprehensive frameworks in social and developmental psychology. It describes how selective, enduring emotional bonds between infants and their caregivers are ...

Maternal sensitivity refers to a caregiver’s capacity to perceive, interpret and respond appropriately to an infant’s cues in a timely manner. This construct lies at the heart of attachment theory, ...

Many 20th-century child psychologists placed almost exclusive importance on the mother-child bond. Academic psychology's emphasis on the child-mother relationship can be at least partly attributed to ...

As a relationship and attachment scientist, couples therapist, and coach, I hear it all the time: “My partner is avoidant.” “The person I am dating is anxious.” “I think I am avoidant.” People come to ...

Though attachment theory was technically coined by John Bowlby in the early 20th century, everyone knows it was Katy Perry who invented disorganized attachment in 2008 when she sang “You’re hot then ...

Among the symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), insecurity in one's sense of self and relationships can be seen as a fundamental feature. Fearing abandonment, alternating between ...