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Disorganised Attachment and Me

The Complexity Of Disorganised Attachment Explained

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Joe Gibson
Jul 02, 2024
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The Complexity Of Disorganised Attachment Explained

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When Mary Ainsworth and co set out to validate John Bowlbry’s theory of attachment, the disorganised attachment style came as a surprise.

In fact, The Strange Experiment, a study in which infants were watched as they interacted with their caregivers before being left a…

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