To be a human being (or indeed to be a primate) is to be attached to other fellow beings in relationships, from infancy on. This book examines what happens when the mechanisms of early attachment go awry, when caregiver and child do not form a relationship in which the child finds security in times of uncertainty and stress. Although John Bowlby, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, originally formulated attachment theory for the express purpose of understanding psychopathology across the life span, the concept of attachment was first adopted by psychologists studying typical development. In...
To be a human being (or indeed to be a primate) is to be attached to other fellow beings in relationships, from infancy on. This book examines what ha...
This up-to-date volume effectively links attachment theory and method to clinical understanding, exploring recent advances that have significantly enhanced our ability to explain and predict psychopathology. Contributing authors, comprising leading international experts, present research into a relatively recently discovered form of attachment--the disorganized pattern--as well as new technologies for classifying attachment security beyond infancy, and apply these innovations to pioneering studies of atypical populations. Exploring attachment processes in diverse samples including divorced...
This up-to-date volume effectively links attachment theory and method to clinical understanding, exploring recent advances that have significantly enh...