Attaching/detaching 2 Flashcards
Core functions of attachment
- protection
- Regulation
- Developing a sense of self
- Mentalizing
Characteristics of secure cargivers
Available attuned empathetic consistent predictable
Characteristics of anxious/ambivalent caregivers
- Inconsistently available
- role reversals
- own state intrude on child
- may threaten abandonment
Characteristics of avoidant caregivers
- Cold
- Rejecting
- neglectful
- insensitive
- lack of soothing
Characteristics of Disorganized caregivers
Generate fear
- abusive
- inability to regulate own/child affect
- dissociated/depressed
- conflicted/uninterested
Characteristics of child in a secure relationship with parent
- connected emotionally
- wide range of affect
- adaptable
- balance of intimacy/autonomy
Characteristics of child in an anxious/ambivalent relationship with adult.
- Lacks trust in attachment
- stays close/ambivalent
- appears demanding
- fears being alone
- indiscriminant friendliness
Characteristics of child in and avoidant relationship with parent
Suppressed anger at parent
- cool/detached
- focus on inanimate objects
- shut down emotions
Characteristics of a child in a disorganized relationship with parent
- Overwhelmed
- dissociates mentally from parent and own needs
- unintegrated mental states
Characteristics of adult who had a secure relation
Wide range of affect
adaptable
Balance of intimacy and autonomy
Characteristics of adult who had an anxious relationship
Jealous
possessive
unable to manage intense feelings
Characteristics of adult who had an avoidant relationship
Avoid intimacy
Superficially friendly
Overachieve
Characteristics of adult who had a disorganized relationship
Rapid shifts in mental state Lack of security affect and self-regulation diff emptiness selfhate
What is the cause of psychopathology?
Succession of experiences that divert the direction of pathways away from resilience and competent functioning.
