Introduction to the Special Section on Attachment and Psychopathology: 2. Overview of the Field of Attachment.

Main, Mary

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Publication Date: 1996

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Introduction to the Special Section on Attachment and Psychopathology: 2. Overview of the Field of Attachment.

Main, Mary

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v64 n2 p237-43 Apr 1996

A strong majority of clinically distressed individuals are insecure with respect to attachment, and special vulnerabilities are appearing in disorganized-disoriented children. Relations to behavior genetics, family interaction patterns, psychophysiology, and treatment outcome studies are emerging or are anticipated. Discusses these and other trends in the examination of attachment. (KW)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Exploratory Behavior, Identification (Psychology), Intimacy, Parent Child Relationship, Psychopathology, Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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