It has long been suspected that many of the common psychiatric and social problems of adult life have their roots in the early relationship between the child an

To explain and understand the patterns that attachment play in psychiatric and social problems a body of knowledge has sprung up which owes much to the pioneeri

Reflecting the emerging understanding of the significance of attachment in adult life, contributions in this volume cover recent research on the fundamentals of

Close Relationships: Functions, Forms and Processes provides an overview of current theory and research in the area of close relationships, written by internati

This book draws together the diverse strands of attachment theory into a coherent contemporary account. It examines the links between attachment and other centr