attachment

"The good news is that the evidence shows that secure attachment is the most stable. Which means that once you become secure, you tend to stay secure."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Dr Pascal Vrticka, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Essex, has spent nearly two decades studying attachment.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

He says attachment is often reshaped during periods of transition, particularly during adolescence, when young people begin forming close relationships beyond their family.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

And it was the description of a so-called fearful-avoidant - one of the four attachment styles - which felt strikingly familiar.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

They were thin and long, with an attachment at the end that made them resemble plumbing parts someone had ripped out of an industrial pump.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

But, she adds, that doesn't mean people with insecure attachments are incapable of healthy relationships.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The American Psychological Association released research on adolescents, indicating “that strong attachments to AI-generated characters may contribute to struggles with learning social skills and developing emotional connections.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

On Gregor’s tenth birthday his uncle had sent him a pocketknife with about fifteen attachments, and his mom had put it away until he turned twenty-one.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins