82 * potential sources of support ( Mikulincer & Shaver, 2016 ) . Furthermore, groups, institutions, and symbolic figures ( e . g . , God, the Buddha ) can function as attachment figures . They form what Bowlby ( 1982 ) called a person’s hierarchy of attachment figures . The availability of a caring and responsive attachment figure to one's proximity - seeking bids in times of need is considered to facilitate the development of positive mental representations of the self as worthy and competent, and of others as kind of benevolent ( what Bowlby, 1973 called internal working models ) . Also, it fosters the consolidation of a sense of attachment security - positive beliefs that the world is a safe place and that others are helpful when called upon ( Bowlby, 1973 ) . In contrast, interactions with rejecting attachment figures undermine the formation of a sense of security, promote doubts about one's worth and others' goodwill, and lead to the adoption of what Cassidy and Kobak ( 1988 ) ca...
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