The desires for bonding, love, connection, closeness, and intimacy are natural parts of the human experience. Not only that, reliable, close, meaningful relationships can positively impact our lives, ...

Science finds that one key to satisfaction in a relationship is feeling understood and supported. But in these uncertain times, when many of us are facing a lot of individual stress and anxiety, being ...

Sometimes, you’re your own worst enemy. The tricky part is that you often don’t recognize it. Self-sabotage can get in the way of your goals and best intentions, and it frequently stems from ...

Some of the latest relationship science research from Purdue University clinical psychology professor Susan South’s Relationships and Mental Health Lab focuses on “attachment styles,” which are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Eric Wood writes about college mental health and emerging adults Understanding attachment styles is important as they reflect ...

Attachment theory has emerged as a pivotal framework for understanding how early relational experiences shape vulnerability to psychotic disorders. Secure attachment supports adaptive stress ...

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...

Those with a dismissive avoidant attachment style may have no desire for close relationships or actively avoid them due to past trauma. If you’ve ever taken a deep dive into the psychology of ...

Disinhibited social engagement disorder is an attachment disorder that causes a child to be over-friendly or overfamiliar around people they do not know, with a lack of wariness around strangers.

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...