John Bowlby's Path to Developing the Attachment Theory

Even though his experience at a boarding school is very bad, he still believes that parents can make their parents feel better for their children. I was raised while studying psychology and preclinical science at the Trinity College in Cambridge. Shortly thereafter, he began studying medicine at London University Hospital. Then he began to work as a psychoanalyst. At a child consultation center, he studied issues related to children with malnutrition. In the 1950s he worked as a mental health consultant at the World Health Organization.

John Bowlby (1907-1990) is a psychologist and psychiatrist in the UK and a pioneer of children's attachment theory. Bowlby has a strong interest in deciding the contributions of young people with problems and the family's environment to the health and unhealthy development of children. In close collaboration with the student Mary Ainsworth, Bowlby inferred and tested the theory that affection is the mechanism of survival in human evolution, and that children mourn the separation from the primary caregiver. His theory of how children form a particular attachment based on real relationships rather than fancy is an interruption of time psychoanalytic thought.

This article will explore and define attachment theory. As mentioned by Melendez and Melendez (2010), attachment theory was originally created by John Bowlby on his research, attachment, separation, and loss. Ballby defines attachment as an action that wishes to maintain intimacy with other people (Melendez & Melendez, 2010, p. 420). - Attachment theory defined by Harris and White (2013) is investigating the relationship between infants and young children and their carers. Attachment is important at understanding behavior because affection develops at such a young age and influences all future relationships, including challenges to dysfunctional family relations and adolescent peer relationships (Iwaniec & Sneddon, 2001; Reyome, 2010;)

Attachment is an emotional connection with others. Psychologist John Bowlby is the first affectionist to explain the characteristics of four attachments found in children between 6 months and 2 years of age. Bowlby believes that the combination of these observed functions will last throughout the lifetime and become a blueprint used for the development of subsequent relationships. Mary Ainsworth first studied attachment theory with Bowlby and then independently studied. She extended the theory and included three attachment styles (and later added a fourth attachment style). By responding to the needs of the baby, the caregiver (usually the mother) gives the baby a sense of security. Once the baby establishes this sense of security, it will build a safe foundation for exploring the world.