Attachment and Development [Paperback]

Preface; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Origins of attachment theory; Chapter 2 Early development and assessment of attachment in infancy; Chapter 3 Later development and assessment of attachment beyond infancy; Part 2 Antecedents of attachment; Chapter 4 Caregiver influences on developing attachments; Chapter 5 Infant influences on the development of attachment; Chapter 6 Attachment in the family system; Chapter 7 Beyond the family; Chapter 8 Attachment under adversity; Part 3 Correlates and effects of attachment; Chapter 9 Attachment and emotion regulation; Chapter 10 Attachment and information-processing; Chapter 11 Attachment and social competence; Chapter 12 The psychobiology of attachment; Part 4 Health implications of attachment; Chapter 13 Attachment and mental health; Chapter 14 Attachment and physical health; Part 5 Evaluation of attachment theory and research; Chapter 15 Attachment theory and research;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-expanding body of empirical work, and is one of the few contemporary comprehensive psychological theories. However, it is also controversial, with researchers generally falling into one or other of two camps. Consequently, most of the books published to date focus on specific aspects of Attachment work, and do not provide students with a view of the theory overall and how it relates to other areas within child development. Susan Goldberg, who has researched parent-child relationships and Attachment methods and theory since the 1960s, is ideally placed in writing this book that provides a coherent overview of the field and its place within child developmental psychology as a whole. She is widely known in the field, and along with many research articles, she has edited a volume on the 'state of the art' in Attachment Theory, published in 1995. In our time, the view that parent-child relatiolÓL