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Lesson 2:
Frequently Asked Questions about
Bonding and Attachment
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In this
lesson,
learn
more
about:
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How
attachment
and
bonding
can
be
defined
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Some
of
the
physiological
processes
at
work
during
attachment
and
bonding
experiences
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Experiences
that
facilitate
bonding
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The
role
of
attunement
in
bonding
and
attachment.
What is
attachment?
Well, it
depends.
The word
attachment
is used
frequently
by
mental
health,
child
development
and
child
protection
workers
but it
has
slightly
different
meanings
in these
different
contexts.
The
first
thing to
know is
that we
humans
create
many
kinds of
bonds.
A bond
is a
connection
between
one
person
and
another.
In the
field of
infant
development,
“attachment”
refers
to a
special
bond
characterized
by
unique
qualities
that
forms in
maternal-infant
or
primary
caregiver-infant
relationships.
The
attachment
bond has
several
key
elements:
(1) it
is an
enduring
emotional
relationship
with a
specific
person;
(2) the
relationship
brings
safety,
comfort,
soothing
and
pleasure;
(3) loss
or
threat
of loss
of the
person
evokes
intense
distress.
This
special
form of
relationship
is often
best
characterized
by the
maternal-child
relationship.
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