Attachment Research in India and Its Socio-Political Implications

Attachment Research in India and Its Socio-Political Implications

with Ritesh Kumar (India)

Facilitated by Princy Jain (India)

🗓️ Day 4 of an 11-Day Seminar Series:Families in Context of War and Social Conflict: Through the Lens of Attachment

🌍 A Transformational Seminar Series for:

• Therapists
• Mental Health Professionals
• Humanitarian Workers

This powerful series explores how attachment theory provides insight into the impact of war, displacement, and social conflict on individuals and families.

✅ In This Session, You Will:

• Learn trauma-informed, attachment-based frameworks
• Build culturally sensitive tools for high-stress environments
• Understand the effects of displacement, violence, and instability on family dynamics
• Equip yourself to support resilience and connection in the face of crisis

🕒 Schedule:

• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Lecture
• 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Break
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Facilitated Discussion Group

🎙️ About the event:

The normative hypothesis of attachment claims that secure attachment is the modal pattern across cultures. But the violations of normative hypothesis are quite prevalent across various cultures. Scholars have synthesized evolutionary, life-history, and attachment theories to supplement explanations for these transgressions. These theories attribute the causes for variations in secure and insecure attachment to the presence of risks and resources, such that, cultures with low risks and more resources tend to have a higher prevalence of secure attachment and vice-versa. The Human Development Index (HDI) puts India into the medium human development category. India has also witnessed relatively more political stability than some of its south-Asian neighbours. However, there are large variations within India based on region, religion, gender, age, socio-economic status, and caste. The intersectionality of these factors creates a very diverse picture for India. The objective of this talk is to explore the variations in attachment patterns in India. The talk builds on a systematic literature review of attachment literature on Indian samples. It highlights the patterns of secure and insecure attachment in India based on region, gender, age, and socio-economic status, and also exposes the gaps in literature. The talk is aimed to contribute to the debates and discussions concerning the cultural applicability of attachment theory.

🎙️ About the speaker:

Dr. Ritesh M. Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at St. Xavier's University, Kolkata. He completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, investigating the role of attachment and perceived responsiveness in contributing to couple identity in Indian arranged marriages. He has contributed to the attachment literature in the Indian context by conducting original and review studies exploring the patterns of attachment in India. He has translated into Hindi the popular scales on attachment styles—Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised (ECR-R), and Experiences in Close Relationships—Relationship Structure (ECR-RS), using standard psychometric methods. His research interests lie in the field of interpersonal relationships—attachment & detachment, loss & Grief.

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