Toward a generalized model of human emotional attachment
THEORETICAL ISSUES IN ERGONOMICS SCIENCE, 22(2), 178–199.
author keywords: Infant-mother attachment; self-concept; self-worth; human-robot interaction; generalized emotional attachment; human-robot attachment
topics (OpenAlex): Attachment and Relationship Dynamics; Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior; Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
TL;DR:
A novel, generalized definition and model of attachment across a person’s lifespan that describes the mechanism of human emotional attachments is proposed and may lead to a series of new research on human emotional attachment to technologies and on its relationship to individuals’ self-concept development and well-being.
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