De l'attachement mère-enfant à l'attachement fraternel : évolution des paradigmes de recherche

For approximately three decades, the theory of the attachment has decentred bond mother-child. Whereas the relation of attachment father-child was largely documented in the scientific literature, the fraternal relation of attachment was forsaken and only was little approached. Our contribution thus pursues the goal to specify how the paradigms evolved of the maternal primacy to the paternal figure, and how the fraternal relation can be examined from the point of view of this theory. From a review of the scientific literature carried out on the basis of three data bank, we will examine whether the brother, as a member of the family system, can be a figure of attachment, and we will specify the characteristics related on safety and exploration to define the sibling attachment.