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Attachment as intrapsychic construct

Functions: Emotional regulation / Organization of individual life experiences / A basis for cognitive attention control (e.g., focus on exploration or closeness)

Attachment as the bond with an attachment figure

„... an affectional bond, (...) an attachment figure is never wholly interchangeable (...) In attachment there is a need to maintain proximity / distress upon inexplicable separation / pleasure or joy upon reunion / grief at loss

Attachment as the bond with an attachment figure (What is not a part of it))

seeking to obtain an experience of security and comfort in a relationship with the partner

The main functions of attachment bond

Safe heaven in Times of danger, distress and sickness / Secure base for exploration in conditions of lack of danger

Parent should never...

should not treat the child as the attachment figure (danger of parentification)!

parentification

the process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to their own parent or sibling.

Models of attachment

Secure / preoccupied (anxious)/ Avoidant / Fearful

What are functions of attachment?

Protection and exploration

attachment

mental representation (!) of bond with an attachment figure Who is treated as Safe haven (protection) Secure base (exploration)