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Attachment and Bonding This essay will discuss, compare and analyse various theories of attachment and bonding, and how it can affect the emotional health of the individual. A well known psychiatrist called John Bowlby made a statement to the World Health Organisation which was as follows: 'The prolonged deprivation of the young child of maternal care may have grave and far reaching effects on his character and so the whole future of his life' John Bowlby was British and trained as a child psychiatrist. He was influenced by Freud's psycho-analytic approach and had strong beliefs that early childhood experiences could influence a child's development. He also believed that attachment was a two way relationship that is formed between the infant and another person, the other person usually being the mother. In Bowlby's theory, there was a biologically based and instinctive need to build attachment. (Gross 2005) Bowlby was particularly interested in the...

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