Attachment across the lifecourse : a brief introduction / David Howe.

  • Howe, David, 1946-
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Analyzing a range of traditional and contemporary perspectives, this crisp text explores the core attachment styles and charts their impact on childhood and adult behaviour. Written by one of social work's most highly-regarded commentators, it is a perfect introduction to the complex field of attachment theory"--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical description

xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Contributors

Contents

Attachment behaviour -- Emotions and their regulation -- 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 -- Disorganized and controlling attachments in childhood -- Fearful avoidant attachments and unresolved states of mind in adulthood -- Temperament, disability and gender: the interaction of nature and nurture -- Attachments across the lifecourse: continuity and discontinuity, stability and change.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and indexes.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    BF575.A86 2011H84a
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780230293595
  • 023029359X