Ebook: Attachment across the lifecourse: a brief introduction

"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"--Résumé de l'éditeur.;Machine generated contents note: -- Attachment Behaviour -- Affect Regulation -- The 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 -- Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood -- Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in Adulthood -- Nature and Nurture -- Stability, Change and Adaptation -- Epilogue.