Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Introduction I
Howe, D. (2011). Attachment across the Lifecourse: A Brief Introduction.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-95
Introduction II
Howe, p. 96-228
Origins of Attachment Theory
a. Bowlby, J. The Origins of Attachment Theory. (1988.) In A Secure
Base. New York: Basic Books.
b. Hesse, E. (1999). The Adult Attachment Interview: Historical and
current perspectives. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of
attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications pp. 395-433.
New York: Guilford Press.
c. Ainsworth, M. (1979). Infant-Mother Attachment. American
Psychologist 34(10), 932-937.
d. Brennan, K. A., Clark, C. L., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Self-report
measurement of adult attachment: An integrative overview. In J. A.
Simpson & W. S. Rholes, (Eds.), Attachment theory and close
relationships, p. 46-76. New York: Guilford Press.
Personality and the self
a. Noftle, E. E., & Shaver, P. R. (2006). Attachment dimensions and the big
five personality traits: Associations and comparative ability to predict
relationship quality. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 179-208.
b. Wallin, D. 2015. Attachment Relationships and the Development of the
Self and From Attachment Theory to Clinical Practice in Attachment
in Psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Press.
c. (recommended) Edelstein, R. S. & Gillath, O. (2008). Avoiding
Interference: Adult Attachment and Emotional Processing Biases.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34(2), 171-181.
d. (recommended) Edelstein, R. S., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Avoidant
Attachment: Exploration of an Oxymoron. In D. J. Mashek, & A. P. Aron
(Eds). Handbook of closeness and intimacy p. 397-412. Mahwah:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
e. (recommended) Bowlby, J. (1988). The Role of Attachment in
Personality Development in A Secure Base. New York: Basic Books.
Attachment in therapy
a. Wallin, D. Attachment Patterns in Psychotherapy and Sharpening the
Clinical Focus in Attachment in Psychotherapy.
b. Bowlby, J. Attachment, Communication, and Therapeutic Process in A
Secure Base.
Romantic relationships
a. Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an
attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52,
511-524.
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Crime
a. Fonagy, P; Target, M; Steele, M; Steele, H; (1997) The development of
violence and crime as it relates to security of attachment. In: Osofsky,
JD, (ed.) Children in a violent society. (pp. 150-177). Guilford Press:
New York. Ansbro, M. (2008).
b. Using Attachment Theory with Offenders. Probation Journal 5(3), 231244.
c. van IJzendoorn, M. H. (1997). Attachment, Emergent Morality, and
Aggression: Toward a Developmental Socioemotional Model of
Antisocial Behaviour. International Journal of Behavioral Development
21(4), 703-727.
d. Sawle, G.A. (2001). Adult Attachment Style and Pedophilia: A
Developmental Perspective. International Journal of Offender Therapy
and Comparative Criminology 45(1), 32-50.
Child Welfare
a. Bowlby, J. Violence in the Family in A Secure Base.
b. Howe, D., Dooley, T., & Hinings, D. (2000). Assessment and decisionmaking in a case of child neglect and abuse using an attachment
perspective. Child and Family Social Work, 5(2), 143-156.
c. Smyke, A. T., Zeanah, C. H., Gleason, M. M., Drury, S. S., Fox, N. A.,
Nelson, C. A., & Guthrie, D. (2012). A randomized controlled trial
comparing foster care and institutional care for children with signs of
reactive attachment disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry 169(5),
508-514.
d. Egeland, B., Jacobvitz, D., & Sroufe, L. A. (1988). Breaking the cycle of
abuse. Child Development, 59, 1080-1088.
Bereavement
a. Fraley, R. C. & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Attachment, loss, and grief:
Bowlbys views and current controversies. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver
(Eds.), The Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical
applications (2nd ed., pp. 48-77). New York: Guilford.
b. Bowlby, J. (1980). Loss of Spouse, Loss of Child, Disordered
Variants, in Attachment and Loss, Volume III: Loss, Sadness, and
Depression. New York: Basic Books, p. 81-125, 137-171.
Sociality
a. Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2001). Attachment theory and
intergroup bias: Evidence that priming the secure base schema
attenuates negative reactions to out-groups. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 81, 97-115.
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b. Mikulincer, M., & Horesh, N. (1999). Adult attachment style and the
perception of others: The role of projective mechanisms. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 1022-1034.
c. Chen, H. J., Mallinckrodt, B., & Mobley, M. (2002). Attachment patterns
of East Asian international students and sources of perceived social
support as moderators of the impact of US racism and cultural distress.
Asian Journal of Counselling, 9(1-2), 27-48.
d. Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). An attachmenttheoretical approach to compassion and altruism. In P. Gilbert (Ed.),
Compassion: Its nature and use in psychotherapy (pp. 121-147).
London: Brunner-Routledge.
XIII. Culture
a. Bowlby, J. Mourning in other cultures. In Attachment and Loss,
Volume III.
b. Doherty, R. W., Hatfield, E., Thompson, K., & Choo, P. (1994). Cultural
and ethnic influences on love and attachment. Personal Relationships,
1(4), 391-398.
c. Agishtein, P., & Brumbaugh, C. (2013). Cultural variation in adult
attachment: The impact of ethnicity, collectivism, and country of
origin. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 7(4),
384.
d. Rothbaum, F., Weisz, J., Pott, M., Miyake, K., & Morelli, G. (2000).
Attachment and culture: Security in the United States and Japan.
American Psychologist, 55(10), 1093.