Infant attachment to caregivers forms the foundation for later self-concept and identity development.

Evidence

Forming Attachments (Lifespan Development (Concordia/SUNY Pressbooks))

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: A person’s identity is deeply tied to their birthplace. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 44; Identification is socially motivated identity-building, whereas attachment is a more personally motivated bond based on security and personal history. — Identification and Attachment in Consumer-Brand Relationships; One’s attachment history serves as a foundation for identity formation, which is a co-construction with significant others rather than a solo accomplishment. — Attachment, Identity, and Intimacy: Parallels Between Bowlby’s and Erikson’s Paradigms (+11 more)

Related

• One’s attachment history serves as a foundation for identity formation, which is a co-construction with significant others rather than a solo accomplishment. (similarity 0.84)
• Identification is socially motivated identity-building, whereas attachment is a more personally motivated bond based on security and personal history. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Primary emotional attachments ground trust that later extends far beyond them #corroborates (0.88)
• Learning to trust is steered by the developing self-identity #complicates (0.75)
• Narrative coherence about one’s own childhood predicts whether maltreatment is transmitted #expands (0.70) — , The Rod and the Child, 8572
• Learned family authority patterns shape how people respond to all authority #expands (0.60)