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Patterns of Relating - An Adult Attachment Perspective (Hardcover)
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Patterns of Relating - An Adult Attachment Perspective (Hardcover)
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Theories of adult attachment provide new perspectives for
understanding, studying, and changing an adult's ability to form
life-sustaining personal relationships. Asserting that patterns of
social and asocial behavior are strategies for coping with issues
of attachment, the authors demonstrate the unique merits of adult
attachment theory both as a means for investigating social behavior
and as a construct to guide clinical practice. Describing the
characteristics and role of attachment in the adult years, the
volume offers authoritative exposition of the essential concepts of
attachment theory and presents thoughtful and creative proposals
for its further development. As such, this illuminating work
represents an important first step toward the classification of
adult attachment theory as a field of study in its own right. The
book first defines reciprocal attachment relationships for adults
using criteria that are congruent with the definition for infants
and children. Detailed case studies illustrate the clinical
relevance of attachment as an organizational construct, and
principles currently used to explain biological development are
applied to the study of personality development. Discussing the
view that models of attachment always have affective content, the
authors explain that these models are centered around a pattern of
feelings that can be observed throughout the individual's life. In
an insightful examination of insecure attachment, the book shows
how these feelings are inevitably associated with the feared loss
of security invested in the attachment relationship, then explores
defensive processes from an attachment perspective. The authors
describe their methodologies for assessing both the underlying
dimensions of adult reciprocal attachment and the primary patterns
of insecure attachment. They discuss the contribution of patterns
of insecure attachment to the differential diagnosis of a subset of
personality disorders. Demonstrating how attachment theory can be
used to guide psychotherapy, the book also points out that
attachment theory can be useful in indicating when psychotherapy
has been effective. Finally, important distinctions are drawn
between adult reciprocal attachment and other interpersonal
constructs such as dependency, romantic love, and social support.
An ideal introduction to adult attachment theory, this volume
provides a powerful tool for both social research and therapeutic
intervention. As such, it will be welcomed by researchers,
clinicians, and students interested in the ways adult relationships
affect mental health.
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