There's a psychological and emotional attachment to that term.

"I mean a psychological attachment," Baker said calmly.

Ethnic identity development includes self-categorization in, and psychological attachment toward, an ethnic group(s).

The effect of psychological attachments and cultural values on taste preferences makes it all the more difficult to define the exact nature of cravings.

There is a distinctly emotional and internal pressure to be 'good' due to psychological attachments in spousal, sibling and/or parent-children relationships.

Organizational commitment and psychological attachment: The effects of compliance, identification, and internalization on prosocial behavior.

This accounts for the psychological attachment that Americans and Europeans display toward automobiles--the technological incarnation of spatial freedom.

In organizational behavior and industrial and organizational psychology, organizational commitment is the individual's psychological attachment to the organization.

The people of Europe have a deep emotional, psychological and practical attachment to their national currencies.

People have a psychological attachment to their neighborhood.