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"The central concern of the volume...is of great psychoanalytic interest....At the end I felt enriched by the book. It gave me a good picture of social psychological research in an important area, and it provided some new and worthwhile information. It clearly presented the value of an approach that provides an alternative path to the understanding of human behavior." --The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

"I found reading the volume both refreshing and stimulating. The book challenges the original, more simplistic assumptions of attachment research empirically as well as theoretically. The editors have done an admirable job putting together an unusual collection of cogent, scholarly, and informative chapters in one volume....Overall, the volume represents a valuable contribution to the field of attachment and I highly recommend it. It will serve as an excellent source of reference, for researchers, academicians, and graduate students with an interest in attachment theory." --Contemporary Psychology APA Review of Books

"A tremendous compilation of up-to-date research in the area of adult attachment....This book would be useful for anyone wishing to know more about current research in adult attachment, and/or the various permutations of research at this juncture." --Social Work With Groups

"...this book is an excellent review of current adult attachment research, and it will be of particular interest to human development researchers and developmental psychologists, as well as to their advanced undergraduate and graduate students." --Journal of Marriage and the Family
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"Each chapter is thoroughly documented with relevant research and other literature on the topic. For researchers in the field and upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in social psychology, close relationships, or human social attachment." --E. Palola, Choice

"This volume is a superb resource for those interested in a comprehensive review of the most recent research and theory on attachment processes in adult close relationships. This book presents a view of close relationships that integrates ideas from social, personality, developmental, and clinical psychology, and it will be useful to researchers and practitioners across these areas. The chapters on measurement will be especially valuable for researchers who wish to improve on the ways in which they assess adult attachment. Other chapters strongly link theory and research to clinical practice by demonstrating the importance of attachment processes in relationship conflict and violence, adjustment to divorce, and therapist-client interactions. The study of adult attachment is a relatively new enterprise; this book will help researchers identify critical questions that must be addressed to advance our understanding of when and how attachment processes operate in adult close relationships." --Paula R. Pietromonaco, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts

"I highly recommend Simpson and Rholes' new book on attachment theory. It is scholarly and integrative--it covers the important issues and the breadth of adult attachment theory. This book is a ¿must' read for adult attachment researchers and clinicians, as well as for other interested scholars." --Carole Pistole, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, Rutgers University

"The central concern of the volume...is of great psychoanalytic interest....At the end I felt enriched by the book. It gave me a good picture of social psychological research in an important area, and it provided some new and worthwhile information. It clearly presented the value of an approach that provides an alternative path to the understanding of human behavior." --The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

"I found reading the volume both refreshing and stimulating. The book challenges the original, more simplistic assumptions of attachment research empirically as well as theoretically. The editors have done an admirable job putting together an unusual collection of cogent, scholarly, and informative chapters in one volume....Overall, the volume represents a valuable contribution to the field of attachment and I highly recommend it. It will serve as an excellent source of reference, for researchers, academicians, and graduate students with an interest in attachment theory." --Contemporary Psychology APA Review of Books

"A tremendous compilation of up-to-date research in the area of adult attachment....This book would be useful for anyone wishing to know more about current research in adult attachment, and/or the various permutations of research at this juncture." --Social Work With Groups

"...this book is an excellent review of current adult attachment research, and it will be of particular interest to human development researchers and developmental psychologists, as well as to their advanced undergraduate and graduate students." --Journal of Marriage and the Family

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Hardcover: 438 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (January 9, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572301023
ISBN-13: 978-1572301023
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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In the last decade, no single area of research in personality/social psychology has attracted more interest than the application of attachment theory to the study of adult relationships. Read the first page

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haven touch, nontaxon members, affectionate proximity, preoccupied prototype, sex subscales, adult reproductive strategies, family attachment interview, more avoidant men, discomfort with closeness, focal analyses, prototype scores, fearful prototype, avoidant prototype, adult attachment measures, hyperactivating strategies, couple violence, serious psychopathological disorders, secure prototype, working model prototypes, dismissing adults, avoidant women, various relationship characteristics, insecure clinicians, romantic relationship outcomes, touch aversion

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Journal of Personality, New York, Divorce Daughters, Child Development, Conflict Daughters, Basic Books, Divorce Sons, Jessica Kingsley, Adult Attachment Interview, Conflict Sons, Divorce Individuals, Conflict Individuals, Desires More Touch, Intact Daughters, Guilford Press, Intact Sons, University of California, Gulf War, Psychological Bulletin, Big Five, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, University of Chicago Press, Grich Stevens, Destructive Process, Intact Individuals

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Social Psychology by Daniel Perlman on 21 pages
Social Psychology by Kenneth S. Bordens on 15 pages
Adult Attachment (SAGE Series on Close Relationships) by Dr. Judith A. Feeney on 8 pages
Child Development with Multimedia Courseware CD and PowerWeb by Ganie DeHart on 8 pages
Child Development by Sroufe on 8 pages

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Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy by Paul Gilbert on page 142, and page 143
The Handbook of Family Dispute Resolution: Mediation Theory and Practice (The Jossey-Bass Library of Conflict Resolution) by Alison Taylor in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's all about Attachment Theory, May 4, 2000

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In order to enjoy this book it is important to understand what attachment style is. The book describes Bowlby's (1969/1982) working model framework. Bowlby's (1969/1982) theory concluded that there are tendencies that are part of an attachment system, that functions to regulate the type and amount of contact between infants and their primary attachment figures. According to Bowlby, this system not only covers the infant's biological needs but their emotional needs as well. His theory states that if the proper contact is made between the caregiver and the infant, the infant will have a more successful transition into adulthood. Bowlby hypothesized that infants first use the attachment figure as a sort of proximity maintenance. This suggests that infants enjoy the presence of the caregiver and protest any separations from him or her. Secondly Bowlby thought the caregiver served as a safe haven for the infant, such that the infant would seek the parent for reassurance and safety. Finally, it was Bowlby's conclusion that the child used the caregiver as a secure base from which he or she could explore the environment. If the child did not find the parent as a secure base, he or she may have problems developing and maintaining relationships. Many studies have used this idea and built off of it for adult relationships such as Bartholomew and Ainsworth. Using many current respectable studies. The book is very detailed and easy to follow. I highly reccommend it to anyone doing research in this area.

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