More Subjects
Section III Assignment
Your Name (First M. Last)
School or Institution Name (University at Place or Town, State)
Section III Assignment
A wide range of techniques is harnessed by researchers to assess and determine the students prone to or suffering from insecure attachment. Many theories have been stipulated to determine the approach needed to explore the metrics of insecure attachment. A profound technique to assess the quality of attachment is the Strange Situation. This technique comprises a reasoned approach used by the securely attached toddlers and infants while utilizing their parents as the secure base. This approach argues that the instance when parents leave, the unfamiliar adult will be less comforting than parents. The responses of the children will be observed in a number of ways. For instance, if the parent is seated while the baby is playing, it demonstrates parents are a secure base. If the parents leave the room and the baby becomes comfortable by my response, the observed attachment will be of separating anxiety.
Likewise, if I enter the room and offer comfort to the children, the behavior manifested will reveal that the children possess the tendency to be soothed by the strangers. All of these observations are critical to thoroughly assess the quality of attachment of the toddlers and children. Primarily, the response of the baby to reunion defines the quality of attachment. In addition, several clues will be utilized to distinguish among avoidant, secure, resistant and disoriented attachment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"lTH3bHW8","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Leblanc, D\\uc0\\u233{}geilh, Daneault, Beauchamp, & Bernier, 2017)","plainCitation":"(Leblanc, Dégeilh, Daneault, Beauchamp, & Bernier, 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2334,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/E7HESFAL"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/E7HESFAL"],"itemData":{"id":2334,"type":"article-journal","title":"Attachment Security in Infancy: A Preliminary Study of Prospective Links to Brain Morphometry in Late Childhood","container-title":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"8","source":"Frontiers","abstract":"A large body of longitudinal research provides compelling evidence for the critical role of early attachment relationships in children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. It is expected that parent-child attachment relationships may also impact children’s brain development, however, studies linking normative caregiving experiences and brain structure are scarce. To our knowledge, no study has yet examined the associations between the quality of parent-infant attachment relationships and brain morphology during childhood. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the prospective links between mother-infant attachment security and whole-brain gray matter volume and thickness in late childhood. Attachment security toward the mother was assessed in thirty-three children when they were 15 months old. These children were then invited to undergo structural magnetic resonance imaging at 10-11 years of age. Results indicated that children more securely attached to their mother in infancy had larger gray matter volumes in the superior temporal sulcus and gyrus, temporo-parietal junction, and precentral gyrus in late childhood. No associations between attachment security and cortical thickness were found. If replicated, these results would suggest that a secure attachment relationship and its main features (e.g., adequate dyadic emotion regulation, competent exploration) may influence gray matter volume in brain regions involved in social, cognitive, and emotional functioning through experience-dependent processes.","URL":"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02141/full","DOI":"10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02141","ISSN":"1664-1078","shortTitle":"Attachment Security in Infancy","journalAbbreviation":"Front. Psychol.","language":"English","author":[{"family":"Leblanc","given":"Élizabel"},{"family":"Dégeilh","given":"Fanny"},{"family":"Daneault","given":"Véronique"},{"family":"Beauchamp","given":"Miriam H."},{"family":"Bernier","given":"Annie"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",4,10]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Leblanc, Dégeilh, Daneault, Beauchamp, & Bernier, 2017). The children will be examined by critically assessing the responsiveness toward the parent and the manner wherein children react upon the arrival and exit of parents in the room. I shall look for the presence of separation anxiety or the tendency of children to leave the parent. I will observe the children for possible behavior of being generally sad, happy or angry when they are held and engaged by parents. To identify the secure base, it will be noted whether or not children play freely and look back to seek the caregiver. When the children keep searching for someone irrespective of the person surrounding the environment, it will indicate the signs of avoidant insecurity. The aspects of anxious-ambivalent will be assessed by the looking for the clinginess for difficulty comforting and distress before separation.
To discuss the caregiving behaviors, the most detrimental behavior will manifest in the mental condition of the caregiver. A caregiver who is mentally depressed will cast adverse impacts on attachment security. Similarly, the caregiver who prefers not to look after the children when they cry is also a major threat ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"6YMqS6iq","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}Attachment Theory | Simply Psychology,\\uc0\\u8221{} n.d.)","plainCitation":"(“Attachment Theory | Simply Psychology,” n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2335,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/QHAWBX49"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/QHAWBX49"],"itemData":{"id":2335,"type":"webpage","title":"Attachment Theory | Simply Psychology","URL":"https://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.html","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",4,10]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Attachment Theory | Simply Psychology,” n.d.). Another potential threat to the attachment will be the lack of the caregiver’s involvement to offer physical and mental nourishment and strengthen the critical years of a child’s development. Moreover, several infant’s traits speak volumes about the peculiar nature of the attachment they possess. The reaction of children with parents and siblings will be my top-most priority to identify the nature of the traits. I shall strive to locate certain things which they prefer to ignore or they dislike certain acts. The environment where they were born and raised plays an instrumental role in this regard. I will love to ask the child the manner he acts with the father and mother if they are having financial issues or are divorced. These instances cast a significant impact on the behavior of the toddler and shape the extent and quality of attachment. Thus, all these discussed instances will be a dominant part of the research I will conduct in the survey to determine the quality of attachment of the toddler or children.
References
ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Attachment Theory | Simply Psychology. (n.d.). Retrieved April 10, 2019, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.html
Leblanc, É., Dégeilh, F., Daneault, V., Beauchamp, M. H., & Bernier, A. (2017). Attachment Security in Infancy: A Preliminary Study of Prospective Links to Brain Morphometry in Late Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02141
More Subjects
Join our mailing list
© All Rights Reserved 2024