Attachment is a phenomenon that is determined in the early stages of life and is thought to be continuous, shaping the pattern of establishing relationships with other people (Bowlby 1973). According to Bowlby, maintaining closeness and resisting separation with a person who is thought to cope better with the world is the defining characteristic of attachment, and its main function is protection from danger. There is a reciprocal relationship between attachment behavior and research and exploratory behavior. Bowlby's theory (1973) was developed by Ainsworth and colleagues (1978). Secure, avoidant and anxious-ambivalent attachment styles were defined based on the results of observations characterized by the reactions of children who were separated from their mothers in an experimental environment called the stranger situation test and reunited with their mothers after a while. Based on the hypothesis that the biological projection of attachment is related to oxytocin, an association between a polymorphism of the CG genotype of the oxytocin receptor and adult separation anxiety in depressed subjects has been shown (Costa et al. 2009). Although animal studies suggest that the cingulate plays a role in parental behavior in the brain, we have limited information about how it works in us. In a study in which seven mothers were made to listen to their infants' cries and their functional resonance images were recorded, an increase in activity in the anterior cingulate and right medial prefrontal cortex was shown in four evaluable images, which was not found in controls (Lorberbaum et al. 1999).
The first part developed by Shaver (1987) consists of three different statements, each of which is used to classify adults as secure, anxious/anxious, and avoidant, and includes descriptions of childhood parental relationship characteristics and general behavioral patterns. The second part of the scale, developed by Mikulincer and colleagues (1990), consists of 15 items, each of which the respondent is asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 7.