Dr. Kazuko Behrens, Professor and Coordinator of Psychology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published two major ...

It's a heartbreaking story. Infants and young children who are not held, abused, neglected, or who do not have a stable caregiver sometimes grow into children and adolescents facing a specific set of ...

Psychology has taught us a lot about the way human bonds are formed. We now know that attachment begins far earlier than we ever thought possible, in utero. When we are fetuses, the way our mothers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect ...

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of attachment.

Psychology research finds that moms with personality disorder symptoms impact their adolescent children who subsequently show a higher likelihood of insecure attachment which can impact their ...

It should come as no great surprise that mothers have profound influence on their children. But what about mothers who have their own personality disorder symptoms, such as problems getting along with ...

We come into the world screaming and vulnerable—entirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences ...