%A Saunders,Hannah
%A Kraus,Allyson
%A Barone,Lavinia
%A Biringen,Zeynep
%D 2015
%J Frontiers in Psychology
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%G English
%K Emotional Availability,Attachment,intervention,Emotional Availability Scales,Psychology for Clinical Settings
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%R 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069
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%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
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%! Emotional availability
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%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.