Adult attachment: theory, research, and clinical implications

Abstract

Part I: Introduction: New Directions and Emerging Issues in Adult Attachment. Rholes, Simpson, Attachment Theory: Basic Concepts and Contemporary Questions. Part II: Attachment Processes Across the Lifespan: Continuity, Discontinuity, Change, and Measurement Issues. Shaver, Mikulincer, What Do Self-report Attachment Measures Assess? Hazan, Gur-Yaish, Campa, What Does it Mean to be Attached? Fraley, Brumbaugh, A Dynamical Systems Approach to Conceptualizing and Studying Stability and Change in Attachment Security. Davila, Cobb, Predictors of Change in Attachment Security During Adulthood. Part III: Intrapersonal Aspects of Attachment: Cognitive Organization, Structure, and Information Processing. Mikulincer, Shaver, Security-based Self-representations in Adulthood: Contents and Processes. Collins, Guichard, Ford, Feeney, Working Models of Attachment: New Developments and Emerging Themes. Diamond, Hicks, Psychobiological Perspectives on Attachment: Implications for Health Over the Lifespan. Part IV: Interpersonal Aspects of Attachment: Intimacy, Conflict, Caregiving, and Satisfaction. Pietromonaco, Greenwood, Barrett, Conflict in Adult Close Relationships: An Attachment Perspective. Feeney, Collins, Interpersonal Safe Haven and Secure Base Caregiving Processes in Adulthood. Feeney, Adult Attachment and Relationship Functioning Under Stressful Conditions: Understanding Partners' Responses to Conflict and Challenge. Part V: Clinical and Applied Issues: Therapy, Psychopathology, and Well-being. Johnson, Attachment Theory: A Guide for Healing Couple Relationships. Kobak, Cassidy, Ziv, Attachment-related Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Adult Adaptation. Simpson, Rholes, Anxious Attachment and Depressive Symptoms: An Interpersonal Perspective. Cooper, Albino, Orcutt, Williams, Attachment Styles and Intrapersonal Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study from Adolescence into Young Adulthood.