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  • Child Development
  • Psychology
  • Nursing Science

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  • Parent-child attachment quality is linked to socio-emotional and physical health.
  • The concept of parent-child attachment is inconsistently applied across disciplines.
  • Attachment is often conflated with bonding in nursing literature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Critically analyze the concept of parent-child attachment.
  • Clarify multidisciplinary understandings of parent-child attachment.
  • Advance the use of attachment concepts in nursing practice.

Main Methods:

  • Principle-based concept analysis.
  • Multidisciplinary perspective analysis.
  • Examination of epistemological, pragmatic, linguistic, and logical principles.

Main Results:

  • Identified strengths and limitations in the current science of parent-child attachment.
  • Highlighted disciplinary differences in understanding attachment.
  • Demonstrated the potential of attachment security in nursing.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding of parent-child attachment varies across nursing, medicine, and psychology.
  • Clarifying the concept offers opportunities for collaborative, multidisciplinary work.
  • Applying parent-child attachment security concepts holds promise for nursing.