Vivien Prior, Danya Glaser

Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders (eBook, ePUB)

Theory, Evidence and Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders.

In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and the applicability of attachment theory across cultures. Part Two presents the various instruments used to assess attachment and caregiving. Part Three outlines the influence of attachment security on the child's functioning. Part Four examines the poorly understood phenomenon of attachment disorder. Presenting the evidence of scientific research, the authors reveal how attachment disorders may be properly conceptualised. Referring to some of the wilder claims made about attachment disorder, they argue for a disciplined, scientific approach that is grounded in both attachment theory and the evidence base. The final part is an overview of evidence-based interventions designed to help individuals form secure attachments.

Summarising the existing knowledge base in accessible language, this is a comprehensive reference book for professionals including social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, lawyers and researchers. Foster and adoptive parents, indeed all parents, and students will also find it of interest.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846425462
• Artikelnr.: 38357980

Autorenporträt

Vivien Prior is senior research fellow at the Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit at the Institute of Child Health, London. Danya Glaser is consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Part One: Attachment and Caregiving. 2. What is
Attachment? 3. The Classifications of Attachment. 4. What are the Factors
Influencing Attachment Organisation (and Disorganisation)? 5. Affectional
Bonds and Attachment Figures. 6. Is Attachment Theory Valid across
Cultures? Part Two: Assessments of Attachment and Caregiving. 7.
Introduction. 8. Assessments of Attachment. 9. Assessments of Caregiving.
Part Three: Correlates of Attachment Organisation with Functioning. 10.
Which Domains of Functioning are Hypothesised to be Correlated with
Attachment and What are the Possible Pathways of its Influence? 11.
Evidence for Correlations between Attachment Security/Insecurity and the
Child's Functioning. Part Four: What is Attachment Disorder? 12. Two
Versions of Attachment Disorder. 13. Research on Attachment Disorder. 14.
The Nature of Attachment Disorder. Part Five: Attachment Theory-based
Interventions (and Some that are Not). 15. Introduction. 16. Evidence-based
Interventions: Enhancing Caregiver Sensitivity. 17. Evidence-based
Interventions: Change of Caregiver. 18. Interventions with No Evidence
Base. 19. Conclusions Regarding Interventions. References. Index. About
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