BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Attachment style has been established to be a persistent framework for approaching and interpreting interpersonal relationships because, from birth, we immediately begin forming our attachment styles. Thus, it can be inferred that attachment has the ability to affect an exceptional amount of our interpersonal and mental health experience. Early patterns of infant attachment have been shown to be an important influence on adult social behaviour, affect regulation, temperament traits and the occurrence of psychopathology. These attatchment syles are divided into secure, anxious and avoidant, with the latter two representing insecure attachment.
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:To present a non-systematic review of the literature about the early attachment experiences and potential development of psychopathology during adulthood. A literature search was conducted using the search engine Pubmed® and the keywords attachment styles, psychopathology.