Attachment relationships among children with aggressive behavior problems: The role of disorganized early attachment patterns.

IRT is based on understanding of how early attachment patterns affect the patient's later behavior.

Possible evidence for this may be the disproportionate number of disorganized attachment patterns in foster children.

This is a standardised research tool used to assess attachment patterns in infants and toddlers.

Insecure attachment patterns are non-optimal as they can compromise exploration, self-confidence and mastery of the environment.

Examination of data from 1,139 15-month-olds showed that variation in attachment patterns was continuous rather than grouped.

Infants at a young age can be affected by many internal and external factors, leading to a specific attachment pattern later in life.

These attachment patterns are associated with behavioral patterns and can help further predict a child's future personality.

This attachment pattern can be caused from the parents lack of affection during infancy and early childhood.

This attachment pattern can be caused from little to no interaction between the parents and the child during infancy and early childhood.