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Dependency need

Dependency need is "the vital, originally infantile needs for mothering, love, affection, shelter, protection, security, food, and warmth." (Segen, 1992)[full citation needed]

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Attachment theory's relevance

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What happens when dependency needs are not met

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Dependency need

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples201
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
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Dependency need

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related to References · 117
Dependency need → Adaptive, Adolescence, Adolescent Suicide Attempters, Adult Attachment Styles, Ainsworth, Anywhere Anytime, Archived, Ashby, Attachment, Basic, Basic Books, Belmont, Berger, Bettridge, Blankson, Book/2011/, Brenda, Buss, CA, Cardwell
related to Conclusions · 15
Dependency need → As, Beettridge, By, Colin, Favreau, Freud, Harlow, It, Maslow, Murray, No, Parade, Spritz, Throughout, Vital
related to Attachment theory's relevance · 13
Dependency need → Ainsworth, Attachment, Attachment Theory, Bowlby, Buss, Dependency, Harry Harlow, Hetherington, Larsen, Parke, Therefore, These, Three
related to history · 11
Dependency need → Abraham Maslow's, According, Buss, Each, Henry Murray, It, Larsen, Larson, Maslow, Murray, The
related to Current research · 10
Dependency need → Blankson, Bowlby's, Esther Leerke, Leerke, Most, Nayena Blankson, Parade, Stephanie Parade, The, These
related to Importance · 7
Dependency need → After, Buss, Dependency, It, Larsen, Need, The
related to Key contributors · 7
Dependency need → DPD, Explorations, Henry Murray's, HPD, Personality, Robert Bornstein, There
related to René Spitz orphan study · 6
Dependency need → In, It, René Spitz's, Spitz's, The, When
related to What happens when dependency needs are not met · 3
Dependency need → Also, If, In
related to Viability · 2
Dependency need → In, The

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needs dependency need attachment social affection met well theory infant love thought also relationships psychological security harlow stage individual infants

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Dependency needis aimportant psychological concept0.90text
inadequate nutritioninstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
contagious diseasesinstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
etc.instance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
were ruled outinstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
researchers discovered that mortality rates could be greatly ameliorated by having the nurses in charge of the infants in the orphanages cuddle them in a way that approximated the amount of cuddling infants would normally receive from their own parents.Spitz's orphan study focused on two groups of childreninstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
starting when the children were infantsinstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
and continued all the way until they reached 12 years of ageinstance ofWhen the obvious factors0.80text
Dependency needrelated to Attachment theory's relevanceDependency0.60section
Dependency needrelated to Attachment theory's relevanceAttachment Theory0.60section
Dependency needrelated to Attachment theory's relevanceAttachment0.60section
Dependency needrelated to Attachment theory's relevanceAinsworth0.60section

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