Brennan, K. A., & Shaver, P. R. (1995). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21 (3), 267283. We begin with a brief overview of disorganization and address the difficulties with terminology that have limited the recognition of Bowlbys published reflections. However, he did not regard disorganization as an undifferentiated state. Bowlby did continue to apply the concept of disorganization in his published work. Attachment and Loss: Volume I. Attachment. In using the concept of patterns, Bowlby was mindful of a key difference from Ainsworths relatively discrete patterns of attachment. Bowlby publishes Influence of early environment in the development of neurosis and neurotic character in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis. Though it is important to note that they had a small sample, Storeb and colleagues (Citation2014) found that all of the children diagnosed with ADHD who were initially classified as disorganized and received medication as their only treatment were no longer classified as disorganized 6months later (Storeb et al., Citation2014). Psychology is full of battles and conflicts between psychologists, and often between mentor and student (Freud and Jung being the classic example), and this is no exception. caused when an infant learns that their caregiver or parent is unreliable and does not consistently provide responsive care towards their needs. Participants completed a battery of self-report measures assessing their attachment style in romantic relationships, satisfaction in their current romantic relationship, and an adjective checklist describing their parents and their parents relationship with each other. Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine. In the margins of his personal copy of Main and Solomons (Citation1986) chapter, Discovery of an insecure-disorganized/disoriented attachment pattern, he wrote that the authors would have done better to call it a status because the unitary term pattern may result in confusion if readers interpret it in the Ainsworth sense (PP/BOW/J.7/6). In 1986, researchers Main and Solomon added a fourth attachment style. He suggests types of repression, including isolating and undoing, as examples of segregating processes. The concept involves ones confidence in the availability of the attachment figure for use as a secure base from which one can freely explore the world when not in distress and a safe haven from which one can seek support, protection, and comfort in times of distress. Bernard et al., Citation2012; Bernier & Meins, Citation2008; Lyons-Ruth, Citation2007; Main & Solomon, Citation1990). As a result of this they may avoid close attachments entirely and see them as unimportant. Robertson, Citation1953, Citation1958; see also Bowlby, Citation1973, and version 1 of a large unpublished book manuscript reflecting on Robertsons observations, c. Citation1956, PP/BOW/D.3/1).