Attachment Second Edition
Attachment Second Edition by John Bowlby, published by Basic Books in 1982, is a comprehensive exploration of the child’s emotional connections to the mother. This edition, consisting of 464 pages, presents an in-depth analysis of instinctive behavior, its causation, and functioning, while also offering a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior. Bowlby examines how these attachments develop, are maintained, and the various functions they serve in a child’s life.
Readers will find that this second edition includes two entirely new chapters and significant revisions that reflect advancements in both theoretical discussions and empirical research on attachment over the past fifteen years. The book focuses on key topics in psychology and developmental studies, making it a valuable resource for those interested in understanding the complexities of child development and attachment theory.
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This first volume of John Bowlby’s Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child’s ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior—how it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills.In the fifteen years since Attachment was first published, there have been major developments in both theoretical discussion and empirical research on attachment. The second edition, with two wholly new chapters and substantial revisions, incorporates these developments and assesses their importance to attachment theory.
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