The Bowlby-Ainsworth attachment theory
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Attachment theory suggests that early social interactions with caregivers shape representations of self-versus-other and affect relationship formation and maintenance into adulthood.
“Attachment theory, first put forth by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby, suggests that early social interactions with caregivers shape representations of self-versus other and affect relationship formation and maintenance into adulthood [53,54,55].”
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- Authors
- Bowlby, J.
- Affiliations
- The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bowlby, John
- Venue
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1979-12
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 637-638
- ISSN
- 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1825
- OpenAlex
- W2086046684
- Cited by
- 594
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 111 · 2025: 151 · 2024: 111 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- attachment theory, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, infant attachment, parent-infant relationship, separation anxiety
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