In the follow up, Dugan and her team evaluated the attachment styles and relationship quality of the now-adult participants, ...

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...

Understanding how they form and still affect you to this day is key to breaking negative relationship patterns.

The book "Attached," which explains attachment theory in layman's terms, has regained popularity on social media. The book's co-author says he would offer more support to people with avoidant ...

Relationships are under the microscope, and we’re turning to psychology to find out why. But is it useful to apply academic theories to everyday dating? Perhaps it’s just a case of seeing something ...

An attachment wound is our bodies remembering what experiences felt safe or not,” explains Jessica Baum, a licensed therapist and the author of Anxiously Attached and Safe. “If we haven’t processed a ...

Are your attachment issues screwing with your dating life? If you’ve ever experienced clinginess in a relationship or felt smothered by your partner's affection, it might be because of something that ...

The current research in the treatment of eating disorders continues to shape and enhance our theoretical understanding and impacts how we approach treatment. Some clinicians and researchers assert ...