Emotional disturbances in children and adolescents from the attachment theory perspective

• Published in: Psychiatria polska Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 671 - 682
• Main Author: Iniewicz, Grzegorz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Polish
• Published: Poland 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Child; Child Behavior - psychology; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Mental Disorders - psychology; Object Attachment; Parent-Child Relations; Personality Assessment; Psychological Theory; Self Concept

Emotional disturbances in children and adolescents may be explained basing on different aetiological theories. One of them is the attachment theory created by Bowlby. It stresses the relationships between the characteristic of children's relations with caregivers and their behaviours, which mig...