Bowlby's Attachment Theory Analysis

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This theory explains the need of having human bonds and attachments to have strong and affectionate bonds with others and losing those strong affectionate bonds with those people. (Journals.rcni.com)
Bowlby thought that children have a motivational ‘attachment system’. His theory includes relationships for early attachment and the reaction of a bereavement. Bowlby believed that children could experience grief healthily or problematically depending on the child as every child is different. Each child reacts and griefs differently during a bereavement. This also depends on how organized the child’s attachment system is while in developmental stages. Bowlby believes that the children’s bonds continue even when a person they are attached to becomes