Reliability and consistency in caregiver interaction was proposed as crucial, given that the primary caregiver must act as a secure base from which the infant can explore their social world, and a safe haven to retreat to when needed.
– Dunlop and McFetridge (16)
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This study by Brendan James Dunlop and Mark Andrew McFetridge examines the possible relationship between self-reported adult attachment style, therapy programme engagement and measures of psychological distress and dissociation within a therapeutic community.
Services should be tuned in to the specific attachment needs of the population they are working with, as this will inform the appropriateness and effectiveness of intervention.
– Dunlop and McFetridge (23)
This article can be downloaded here via York St John institutional access.
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