HD FS 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Attachment In Adults, Apache Hadoop, Attachment Theory
21 Sep 2016
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Attachment: strong and enduring emotional bond (usually formed first in infancy) 3 types of attachment based on security: secure characterized by trust, anxious-avoidant characterized by indifference, anxious-resistant characterized by ambivalence. Tend to cut themselves off emotionally from partner. What happens during infancy affects early childhood which, in turn, affects middle childhood which, in turn, affects early adolescence etc. Individuals who have secure attachments during adolescence are more socially competent, more successful in school, less likely to engage in substance use, and better adjusted than insecure peers. Attachment styles can change if adolescents live in dysfunctional family situations or experience chronic stress. Changes in the nature of friendship: conflicts that adolescents have with friends, older adolescents typically have conflicts over private matters, younger adolescents typically have conflicts over public disrespects. Changes in the display of intimacy across adolescence. Adolescents become more responsive to close friends and less controlling. Teenagers become more interpersonally sensitive and show more empathy.
