Development and testing of a novel dimensional framework for understanding human attachment

Attachment is the deep emotional bond that every human being needs to create with another. In the prototypical case, the child attaches to their mother.

In this work, I present the Attachment-Personality Theory (APT), which proposes an enhancement of the Standard Attachment Theory (SAT) from a cognitive-clinical perspective. By focusing on the representational and dimensional nature of attachment, the APT suggests that attachment knowledge is based on seven dimensions, which constitute the core of personality. Accordingly, I outline an attachment module that functions as a seven-dimensional control system.

Dott. Gagliardi P.

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