How Your Childhood Defines Your Attachments as an Adult

You may have heard that your childhood has everything to do with your attachments today—are they secure, anxious, avoidant? How does the connection from childhood attachments to adult attachments work? Welcome to Attachment Theory. Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and learn what psychologists have to say about it! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: ---------- Sources: (Pages 554-556) of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation&ots=jdcLDlxVFN&sig=3n6lMVCngU62guJaa-uOVj9Bw2A#v=onepage&q=Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation&f=false theory in adulthood&ots=bVxwLQgM0O&sig=d678JQzTGw1LfkApD72ANo-byoY#v=onepage&q=attachment theory in adulthood&f=false developmental stages&ots=E60eEsNiEI&sig=cP-vplYHR6yM7-MKc6-81-90rXI#v=onepage&q=erikson developmental stages&f=false ~rcfraley/