* Parental emotional unavailability or neglect creates a great deal of distress for children who will initially engage in behaviors to reestablish attachment with the [[parent]]. If the neglect persists, however, the child is thought to defend against feelings of abandonment and fear by becoming detached and disinterested in the attachment figure. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0902/is_n3_v22/ai_15452824]
* Moberly first proposed the model of “defensive detachment” from the same-sex parent as a cause of homosexuality, although the concept of defensive detachment itself was not new. [http://www.narth.com/docs/FemaleHomosexualDevelopment.pdf]
[[Category:Psychology]]