How
children cope with the loss of a loved one depends on their
attachment to their mother and activity within their nervous system,
according to a recent study. Adolescents with more attachment anxiety
to their mom at age 14 had a harder time adjusting to the loss of a
close social partner than adolescents with less attachment anxiety, according to the paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by Christopher P. Fagundes of the Ohio State University School of Medicine and colleagues.
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How
children cope with the loss of a loved one depends on their
attachment to their mother and activity within their nervous system,
according to a recent study. Adolescents with more attachment anxiety
to their mom at age 14 had a harder time adjusting to the loss of a
close social partner than adolescents with less attachment anxiety, according to