Attachment

The first volume of John Bowlby's Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior--how it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills. In the fifteen years since...

The first volume of John Bowlby's Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior--how it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills. In the fifteen years since Attachment was first published, there have been major developments in both theoretical discussion and empirical research on attachment. The second edition, with two wholly new chapters and substantial revisions, incorporates these developments and assesses their importance to attachment theory.

约翰•鲍尔比是英国精神病学家、心理学家，母爱剥夺实验和依恋理论的创始人。早年在剑桥大学攻读医学和心理学。1946—1972年以陆军精神病学家的身份长期在塔维斯托克诊所和人类关系研究所工作，主要从事儿童和家庭精神病方面的医疗、教学和临床研究。他系统研究了母爱剥夺对人格发展的不良影响，提出了儿童对母亲的依恋理论。