%A Saunders,Hannah %A Kraus,Allyson %A Barone,Lavinia %A Biringen,Zeynep %D 2015 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K Emotional Availability,Attachment,intervention,Emotional Availability Scales,Psychology for Clinical Settings %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2015-July-28 %9 Mini Review %+ Hannah Saunders,Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University,Fort Collins, CO, USA,hsaund@rams.colostate.edu %# %! Emotional availability %* %< %T Emotional availability: theory, research, and intervention %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069 %V 6 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) and its limitations are first described. Next, emotional availability (EA; Biringen et al., 1998; Biringen, 2008) is introduced as an expansion upon the original conceptualization of the parent–child attachment relationship. As a construct and as a measure, EA considers the dyadic and emotional qualities of adult–child relationships. EA is predictive of a variety of child outcomes, such as attachment security, emotion regulation, and school readiness. Recently developed programs to enhance adult–child EA are described.