Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Prior, Vivien.

Title Understanding attachment and attachment disorders : theory, evidence and practice / Vivien Prior and Danya Glaser
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006

Copies

Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
Series Child and adolescent mental health series
Child and adolescent mental health series.
Contents Introduction -- What is attachment? -- The classifications of attachment -- What are the factors influencing attachment organization (and disorganisation)? -- Affectional bonds and attachment figures -- Is attachment theory valid across cultures? -- Introduction -- Assessments of attachment -- Assessments of caregiving -- Which domains of functioning are hypothesised to be correlated with attachement and what are the possible pathways of its influence? -- Evidence for correlations between attachment security/insecurity and the child's functioning -- Two versions of attachment disorder -- Research on attachment disorder -- The nature of attachment disorder -- Introduction -- Evidence-based interventions : enhancing caregiver sensitivity -- Evidence-based interventions : change of caregiver -- Interventions with no evidence base -- Conclusions regarding interventions
Summary This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders. In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and the applicability of attachment theory across cultures. Part Two presents the various instruments used to assess attachment and caregiving. Part Three outlines the influence of attachment security on the child's functioning. Part Four examines the poorly understood phenomenon of attachment disorder. Presenting the evidence of scientific research
Notes 'The Royal College of Psychiatrists's Research and Training Unit."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Attachment disorder in children.
Attachment behavior.
Attachment behavior in children.
Psychology.
Children.
Parent and child.
Parenting.
Object Attachment
Child
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Psychology
psychology.
children (people by age group)
Mental Health Services.
Social Work.
MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
Parenting
Parent and child
Children
Attachment behavior
Attachment behavior in children
Attachment disorder in children
Psychology
Form Electronic book
Author Glaser, Danya.
FOCUS (Project)
ISBN 9781846425462
1846425468