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Insecure attachment

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A research classification within Attachment Theory. These patterns of attachment behavior reflect varying degrees of a lack of safety in the attachment and may manifest as avoidant, ambivalent, or disorganised. Children experience insecurity of attachment when parents are insensitive and unresponsive to their needs. About 35% of all children have an insecure pattern.

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