Tag: parental separation

November 26, 2025 / Mohammed looti

AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT

Defining Avoidant Attachment in Infancy Avoidant attachment represents one of the primary classifications of insecure attachment identified by developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth and her colleagues during their seminal research utilizing the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). This attachment style is fundamentally characterized by an infant’s apparent lack of distress upon separation from their primary caregiver and, […]

November 19, 2025 / Mohammed looti

SEPARATION ANXIETY

Introduction and Definitional Framework Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a significant clinical phenomenon characterized by excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from home or from attachment figures. While it is developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers to experience transient anxiety when separated from primary caregivers, SAD involves distress that is persistent, severe, and developmentally inappropriate […]