Can be defined as close two-way emotional bond between the caregiver and infant, in which each individual sees the other as essential for their own emotional security, this develops over the first year and endures.
Use of animal studies
Attachment like behaviour is common to a range Of species, animal studies can help us to understand attachment in humans.
Effects of Institutionalisation
Institutionalisation refers to living arrangements outside of family/ family home, types relevant to att include children’s homes and hospitals. Some of the main effects include impaired intellectual development and emotional development, may be due to the development of a disinhibited att and/ or lack of an internal working model.
