The central premise of attachment theory is that the security of the early child–parent bond is
reflected in the child's interpersonal relationships across the life span. This meta-analysis …

First published in 2000. Attachment Theory is the current dominant theory of parent-child
relationships and their influence on development. The theory has generated an ever …

This meta-analytic review examines the association between attachment during the early life
course and social competence with peers during childhood, and compares the strength of …

This book focuses on the crucial importance of developmental work to psychotherapy and
psychopathology. It offers an account of psychotherapy to integrate scientific knowledge of …

This book attempts to create a dialogue between the infant as revealed by the experimental
approach and as clinically reconstructed, in the service of resolving the contradiction …

A basic principle of attachment theory is that early attachment relationships with caregivers
provide the prototype for later social relations. Working within an attachment framework, a …

Attachment theory is the joint work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (see Ainsworth and
Bowlby, 1991). Drawing on concepts from ethology, cybernetics, information processing …

Originally published in 1984, this title looks at the development of temperament in early life.
At the time of publication there were three major perspectives on temperament: paediatrics …

Two studies leading to the development of a short form of the Social Support Questionnaire
(SSQ) are reported. In Study 1 three items selected for high correlations with the total score …

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent
picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the …