Raising Good Humans S2 Ep 98: Understanding Secure Attachment with Professor Alan Sroufe
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Dec 16, 2022 AI Snips
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Attachment Is A Relationship
- Attachment is a relationship descriptor, not a fixed trait of the child or caregiver.
- Secure means the infant is confident in the caregiver's responsiveness.
Attachment Isn't Temperament
- Attachment differences are not simply temperament differences because attachment describes a relationship.
- The same infant can be secure with one parent and anxious with another, so temperament alone can't explain attachment.
Attachment Theory Is Cross-Cultural
- Critiques that attachment theory is Western are mistaken because the theory originated in Uganda and has cross-cultural support.
- Measurement must be culturally sensitive, but sensitivity-response links are broadly found worldwide.