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Affectional bond

In psychology, an affectional bond is a type of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual, typically a caregiver for their child, in which the two partners tend to remain in proximity to one another. The term was coined and subsequently developed over the course of four decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1970s, by psychologist…

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Five criteria

Mary Ainsworth
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PsychologyAttachment theoryJohn BowlbySecure attachment
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Affectional bond

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Triples22
Avg. degree1.8
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related to Caregivers · 15
Affectional bond → According, Besides, Bowlby, Bowlby's, Caregivers, Child's Tie, Children, Freud, Infants, It, Mother, Primary, Secondary, The Nature, When
related to Five criteria · 6
Affectional bond → An, Attachment, Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, She, The
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Affectional bond → type of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual

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Affectional bondis atype of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual0.90text
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversCaregivers0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversIt0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversAccording0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversBowlby0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversChildren0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversFreud0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversBowlby's0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversThe Nature0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversChild's Tie0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversMother0.60section
Affectional bondrelated to CaregiversSecondary0.60section

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