According
to the prevailing theory until the mid’50s about the nature of emotional
relationships, individuals were searching for contact with other people, only
to ensure basics needs such as food or sexual contact. However, after the
publication of studies confuting this theory, revised his attachment theory,
claiming that the type of attachment developed in early infancy will afterwards
affect the ability to establish relations, as well as the type and duration of
relationships.
According
to the attachment theory, the quality of parentchild relationship plays an
important role in the psycho-emotional development of the individual. Since allinfants interact with others, every human being develops an attachment bond.
Even children who have been abused by a parent or caregiver, generate a kind of
attachment. Forms of attachment are established depending on the preexisting
experiences and the quality of the relationship with the parent or caregiver.The importance and the role of cognitive
patterns were first acknowledged by Beck. He considered that experiences of
early childhood modulate basic schemas about the external environment and the
self. Additionally Young, who developed the schema therapy, underlined the role
of early dysfunctional schemas in the existence of psychopathology and
personality disorders in adulthood. Read more...........
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