Real-world application

• • In situations where infants-caregiver attachment is disordered, intervention strategies can be developed​
• • For example, the ‘Circle of Security’ Project (Cooper et al., 2005) teaches caregivers to better their understanding of infants’ signals of distress, and to increase understanding of what it feels like to be anxious ​
• • The project showed a decrease in the number of caregivers classified as disordered (from 60% to 15%) and an increase in infants classified as securely attached (32% to 40%)​
• • This supports the research on attachment types, as such research can be used to improve children's lives (which is a strength!)