Matters of Significance, Replication; translation and academic freedom in developmental science

Author

van IJzendoorn; Marinus H. ; Bakermans-Kranenburg; Marian J.

Year

2024

Publisher

UCL Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-80008-650-0

Link

Last Update

23-Feb-2026

Keywords

Psychology ; Education

Description

Attachment can be defined at two levels: the level of the species and the level of the dyad or individual (see Van IJzendoorn, 2021, for details of the following descriptions). On the level of the species, attachment is signifying an inborn bias to seek the protection of a conspecific in times of distress; in John Bowlby’s words: ‘To say of a child that he … has an attachment to someone means that he is strongly disposed to seek proximity to and contact with a specific figure and to do so in certain situations, notably when he is frightened, tired or...