Attachment across the lifecourse : a brief introduction

Formerly CIP.

Attachment Behaviour -- Affect Regulation -- The Internal Working Model -- Patterns of Attachment -- Attachment in Adulthood -- Secure Attachments in Childhood -- Secure Attachments in Adulthood -- Avoidant Attachments in Childhood -- Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood -- Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood -- Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood -- Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood -- Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in Adulthood -- Nature and Nurture -- Stability, Change and Adaptation -- Epilogue.

Explains the key concepts in attachment theory and describes how the main attachment types play out both in childhood and later life. It identifies some of the intriguing question is being explored by research, such as: what part do individuals' attachment histories played in adult relationships?; What scope is there for attachment styles established in infancy to change later in life?