I. General Considerations
1. Attachment and Psychopathology: From Laboratory to Clinic,
Leslie Atkinson
2. Clinical Implications of Attachment Concepts: Retrospect and
Prospect, Michael Rutter
3. Patterns of Attachment and Sexual Behavior: Risk of Dysfunction
versus Opportunity for Creative Integration, Patricia McKinsey
Crittenden
II. Risk and Prediction
4. Attachment Networks in Postdivorce Families: The Maternal
Perspective, Inge Bretherton, Reghan Walsh, Molly Lependorf, and
Heather Georgeson
5. Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment: A Move to the
Contextual Level, Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn and Marian J.
Bakermans-Kranenburg (SPELLING IS ODD BUT CORRECT ON BOTH CHAPTER
AUTHORS)
6. Attachment and Childhood Behavior Problems in Normal, At-Risk,
and Clinical Samples, Susan Goldberg
7. The Role of Attachment Processes in Externalizing
Psychopathology in Young Children, Mark T. Greenberg, Michelle
DeKlyen, Matthew L. Speltz, and Marya C. Endriga
8. Crime and Attachment: Morality, Disruptive Behavior, Borderline
Personality Disorder, Crime, and Their Relationships to Security of
Attachment, Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, Miriam Steele, Howard
Steele, Tom Leigh, Alice Levinson, and Roger Kennedy
III. In the Clinic
9. Toddlers' Internalization of Maternal Attributions as a Factor
in Quality of Attachment, Alicia F. Lieberman
10. Intergenerational Transmission of Relationship Psychopathology:
A Mother-Infant Case Study, Charles H. Zeanah, Elizabeth
Finley-Belgrad, and Diane Benoit
Leslie Atkinson, Ph.D., is Research Head and Senior Psychologist at the Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. He is also Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Education, University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Faculty member, Graduate Programme in Psychology, York University.
This book brings attachment theory and research full circle. What
began as a theory to explain pathological functioning, yet
stimulated tremendous understanding of normal development, returns
to illuminate a variety of clinical problems and concerns. In
consequence, theorists, researchers, and practitioners alike will
find this volume to be an important resource. What has always been
a great strength of attachment theory is its ability to bridge the
gap between normal and disturbed psychological development. This
volume underscores this contribution in multiple ways, highlighting
continuity and discontinuity in development, the impact and limits
of early relationship experiences in the family, and the ways in
which cognition and emotion shape psychological functioning. It
will prove to be an important resource for anyone with interests in
developmental psychopathology. --Jay Belsky, Distinguished
Professor of Human Development, Department of Human Development and
Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Attachment and Psychopathology is a stimulating and up-to-date
volume on what has become a major topic. It would be hard to
imagine a more appropriate group of chapter authors for a book with
this title. The authors contribute a wide variety of insights,
ranging from incisive reviews of theoretical and empirical advances
to new empirical data and clinical case material. Researchers,
clinicians, and graduate students should all find the book very
useful. --John E. Bates, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Indiana
University
This volume truly represents the state of the art in linking
attachment theory, research, and clinical practice. The chapters
demonstrate the relevance of attachment research to problems that
include divorce, conduct disorder, criminal behavior, parenting,
and sexuality. Atkinson and Zucker provide a valuable overview of
the field that provides readers with a clear understanding of both
the scope and limits of the attachment paradigm. One has to be
impressed with the growing sophistication of attachment researchers
as they test theory against difficult clinical problems. --Roger
Koback, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, University of Delaware
- An excellent collection of chapters by some very distinguished
clinicians dealing with problems of bonding, attachment, and
failures of attachment. --The Brown University Child and Adolescent
Behavior Letter, 3/30/1997
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