Attachment

John Bowlby

ISBN 10: 0465005438 / ISBN 13: 9780465005437

Published by Basic Books, US, 1983

About this Item

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 behaviour, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behaviour,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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Attachment
• Publisher: Basic Books, US
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465005438
• ISBN 13: 9780465005437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 472 grams

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Synopsis

The classic work of psychology that introduced attachment theory to the world
 
“The most complete examination of the implications of attachment and loss of mother to infant yet written…Brilliant.” —New York Times

In Attachment, psychologist John Bowlby examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother, elucidating the processes of attachment and separation. He demonstrates that human attachment is an instinctive response to the need for protection against predators, and one as important for survival as nutrition and reproduction. The first of three volumes in Attachment and Loss, Attachment offers the fullest expression of Bowlby’s theory of attachment behavior, how it develops, how it is maintained, and what functions it fulfills.

About the Author

John Bowlby (1907-1990) was a British psychiatrist and longtime director of child psychology at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. Celebrated as “one of the most fertile, incisive thinkers about children of our century” (New York Times), his work pioneered attachment theory. He was the author of A Secure Base as well as the highly influential Attachment and Loss trilogy, whose Attachment, Separation, and Loss transformed psychoanalysis, childcare, and the study of attachment behavior.