Attachment Patterns Associated with Abuse from Infants to Adulthood

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Attachment Patterns Associated with Abuse from Infants to Adulthood Jane Smith Liberty University Author Note This assignment is being submitted on November 29, 2012, for Dr. Myers’s COUNT502 D11 201240 course. Abstract The aim of this paper is to review some of the different types of attachment patterns that are associated to the effects of domestic violence and various levels of abuse ranging from infants to adulthood. There is a broad spectrum of research conducted on the different types of attachment patterns such as secure attachment patterns, avoidant attachment patterns, ambivalent attachment patterns as well as disorganized-disoriented attachment patterns, and, more recently, reactive attachment disorder patterns which are rare and considered the most serious because they usually occur through abuse or neglect. Although there are many studies that have been researched on infants and adults, more studies are needed on the effects of attachment patterns on adolescence. Attachment Patterns associated with Abuse from Infants to Adulthood There are many factors and considerations that go into raising a healthy child. From infancy to young adulthood, parents are usually the sole caregivers. As infants, one depends utterly on his parents for everything, especially mothers in most cases. In more recent years, however, children are increasingly being raised by other caregivers, such as nannies, daycare workers, or other family members. Possible reasons for this may be due to both parents of the child working, divorce or, considering the worst case scenario, the result of neglect or abuse within the family unit. Although there are many aspects of care that go into raising a healthy child, the attachment that a child develops with his mother or sole caregiver is critical in his or her development. Attachment is what happens

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