God's perceived closeness (GC) is greater when the attachment system is activated. This conclusion is based primarily on adult studies, but some findings suggest its validity also in childhood. Adult studies have shown GC to vary in relation to security of attachment, but child studies have been few and methodologically limited. In this study, we tested differences between securely and insecure...

Parenting programs for school-aged children are typically based on behavioral principles as applied in social learning theory. It is not yet clear if the benefits of these interventions extend beyond aspects of the parent-child relationship quality conceptualized by social learning theory. The current study examined the extent to which a social learning theory-based treatment promoted change in...

Objective: To determine whether signs of disordered attachment were greater in young children being reared in more socially depriving caregiving environments. Method: Three groups of children were studied by means of structured interviews with caregivers that were administered over several months in Bucharest, Romania, in 1999: (1) 32 toddlers living in a typical unit (standard care) in a large...

For residents on the rural island of Newfoundland, Canada, island’s natural landscape and environment play an important role in shaping one’s sense belonging to place. Within this article I explore integral that place(s) across Syrian humanitarian migrants’ feelings home. Particular can create spaces for peace, sociality memory formation aid place-attachment. This expands upon concepts nostalgi...

Homesickness is the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home. It is characterized by preoccupying thoughts of home and attachment objects. In its severe form, homesickness is subjectively distressing and has clinically significant cognitive, emotional, and behavioral sequelae. This study provided 75 boys who ranged in age from 8 to 16 years and who were 1st...

OBJECTIVE To explore attachment narratives in children diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD). METHOD We compared attachment narratives, as measured by the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task, in a group of 33 children with a diagnosis of RAD and 37 comparison children. RESULTS The relative risk (RR) for children with RAD having an insecure attachment pattern was 2.4 (1.4-4.2)...

The transition to college or university can be an exciting new experience for many young adults. For some, intense homesickness can make this move difficult, even unsustainable. Homesickness--defined as the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home--carries the unique hallmark of preoccupying thoughts of home and attachment objects. Sufferers typically repor...

This study tested predictions from economic and developmental theories that maternal time with an infant is important for mother-child relationships and children's development, using time-use diaries for mothers of 7- to 8-month-old infants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (N = 1,053). Employment reduced time with infants, but mothers c...

This article is a conceptual invitation to homing, revisit the everyday social experience of home as situated manifestation lifelong needs and desires for space appropriation. Through acts homing their accumulation over time, people articulate tension ‘move’ towards place or condition they construct home, engaging in dialectic relation between experienced aspired socio-material, relational cult...