The making and breaking of affectional bonds / John Bowlby ; with a new introduction by Richard Bowlby.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

xi, 212 pages ; 20 cm.

Originally published: Making & breaking of affectional bonds. London : Tavistock Publications, 1979.

Psychoanalysis and child care (1956-8) -- Ethological approach to research in child development (1957) -- Childhood mourning and its implications for psychiatry (1961) -- Effects on behaviour of disruption of an affectional bond (1967-8) -- Separation and loss within the family (1968-70) -- Self-reliance and some conditions that promote it (1970-3) -- Making and breaking of affectional bonds (1976-7).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index.