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Theories of Attachment According to Kagan et al (1978) an attachment is : "... an intense emotional relationship that is specific to two people, that endures overtime, and in which prolonged separation from the partner is accompanied by stress and sorrow." This suggests that attachment can happen at any point in the life cycle, our first attachment is very important for healthy development. The first attachment is that of the mother-child relationship. After the first initial attachment our next attachment is to our father as our parents are the first people we interact with, although some people interact first with their immediate guardian (care giver) when parents aren't there. This is the most important relationship of the child development period as it is from this that the child drives its confidence in the world. A break from this relationship is experienced as highly distressing and constitutes a considerable trauma (Schaffer...

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