Attachment across the lifecourse : a brief introduction.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.Edition: Second edition / David Howe, Lucy BettsDescription: 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781350337732
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Contents:
IntroductionPart 1: Attachment Theory, Models and Measures1. Attachment Behaviour2. Emotions and their Regulation3. The Internal Working Model 4. Patterns of Attachment5. Attachment in AdulthoodPart 2: Attachment Patterns, Types and Styles6. Secure Attachments in Childhood7. Secure Attachments in Adulthood8. Avoidant Attachments in Childhood9. Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood10. Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood11. Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood12. Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood13. Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in AdulthoodPart 3: Issues and Debates14. Temperament, Disability and Gender: The Interaction of Nature and Nurture15. Attachment across the Lifecourse: Continuity and Discontinuity, Stability and Change16. Use and Misuses of Attachment TheoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex.
Summary: This thought-provoking and illuminating guide will be a helpful companion for students and professionals across the fields of psychology, counselling, social work, and health. It explains the key concepts and describes how the main attachment types play out both in childhood and later life, and it identifies some of the intriguing questions being explored by research, such as: 'What part do individuals' attachment histories play in adult relationships?' and 'What scope is there for attachment styles established in infancy to change later in life?'.
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Previous edition: published as by David Howe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

IntroductionPart 1: Attachment Theory, Models and Measures1. Attachment Behaviour2. Emotions and their Regulation3. The Internal Working Model 4. Patterns of Attachment5. Attachment in AdulthoodPart 2: Attachment Patterns, Types and Styles6. Secure Attachments in Childhood7. Secure Attachments in Adulthood8. Avoidant Attachments in Childhood9. Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood10. Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood11. Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood12. Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood13. Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in AdulthoodPart 3: Issues and Debates14. Temperament, Disability and Gender: The Interaction of Nature and Nurture15. Attachment across the Lifecourse: Continuity and Discontinuity, Stability and Change16. Use and Misuses of Attachment TheoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex.

This thought-provoking and illuminating guide will be a helpful companion for students and professionals across the fields of psychology, counselling, social work, and health. It explains the key concepts and describes how the main attachment types play out both in childhood and later life, and it identifies some of the intriguing questions being explored by research, such as: 'What part do individuals' attachment histories play in adult relationships?' and 'What scope is there for attachment styles established in infancy to change later in life?'.

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