Understanding attachment and attachment disorders :
[Book]
theory, evidence and practice /
Vivien Prior and Danya Glaser
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2006
288 p. ;
24 cm
Child and adolescent mental health series
'The Royal College of Psychiatrists's Research and Training Unit."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and indexes
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