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Human bonding is the process of development of a close interpersonal relationship between two or more people. It most commonly takes place between family members or friends, [1] but can also develop among groups, such as sporting teams and whenever people spend time together. Bonding is a mutual, interactive process, and is different from ...
A paternal bond is the human bond between a father and his child. [1] Father-infant bonding. Infants can become attached to their fathers.
Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. [1] Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. [2]
In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century uses of the proverb, blood could be a metaphor for national or clan affiliations rather than biological kinship. For instance, in Clan-Albin, the characters are debating whether the small and soft Flora has pure enough clan ties to marry into the Craig-gillian family, who prefer "Amazonian daughters". [14]
A maternal bond is the relationship between a biological mother/caregiver and her child or baby. While typically associated with pregnancy and childbirth , a maternal bond may also develop in cases later on in life where the child is unrelated, such as in the case of an adoptee or a case of blended family.
In psychology, an affectional bond is a type of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual, [1] typically a caregiver for their child, [2] ...
Enmeshment was also used by John Bradshaw to describe a state of cross-generational bonding within a family, whereby a child (normally of the opposite sex) becomes a surrogate spouse for their mother or father. [6] The term is sometimes applied to engulfing codependent relationships, [7] where an unhealthy symbiosis is in existence. [8]
A trauma bond occurs in an abusive relationship, wherein the victim forms an emotional bond with the perpetrator. [1] The concept was developed by psychologists Donald Dutton and Susan Painter. [2] [3] [4] The two main factors that contribute to the establishment of a trauma bond are a power imbalance and intermittent reward and punishment.