Individuals with secure attachments to primary caregivers form an 'internal working model' that provides a sense of safety and assurance that needs will be met, which serves as a foundation for approaching relationships with self and others, according to Mikulincer and Shaver (2007).

Authors

• Person: Emily Samuel Organization: The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
  Attachment and social and emotional development

Sources

• Attachment and social and emotional development centreforearlychildhood.org Emily Samuel · The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood via serper

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• internal working model concept
• secure attachment concept