Attachment in middle childhood : theoretical advances and new directions in an emerging field / Guy Bosmans, Kathryn A. Kerns, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bosmans, Guy, editor.

Kerns, Kathryn A., 1961- editor.

Series:

New directions for child and adolescent development ; no. 148.

New directions for child and adolescent development, 1520-3247 ; number 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior in children.

Physical Description:

111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2015]

Summary:

After approximately 60 years of attachment research, every development psychologist acknowledges that one of the critical factors in early development is the formation of a secure attachment, that is a child's confidence in and use of an available attachment figures as a source for proximity and support. Beyond infancy, when attachment becomes less crucial for biological survival, confidence in the attachment figure becomes increasingly important for children's support seeking in response to psychological stressors like hurt pride, fear, and sadness. Although middle childhood has been assumed to be a crucial development period to understand the associations between the formation of early parent-child attachment bonds and later adaptive versus maladaptive development, research on attachment within middle childhood has only emerged in the last two decades. This volume provides a timely review of progress to date, describing important insights that have both theoretical and clinical importance as well as identifying remaining gaps in our understanding. The Current volume summarizes the most important findings across six papers and two commentaries reviewing the main areas of middle childhood attachment research. Therefore, this volume is not only important for theory on child (attachment) development, but also for clinicians to broaden their understanding of the importance of middle childhood attachment processes for understanding the development of children's behavior problems and for designing effective treatment strategies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Attachment in middle childhood: progress and prospects / Guy Bosmans, Kathryn A. Kerns

Attachment in middle childhood: an evolutionary-developmental perspective / Marco Del Giudice

Parent-child attachment and emotion regulation / Laura E. Brumariu

Attachment in middle childhood: associations with information processing / Peter Zimmermann, Alexandra Iwanski

Attachment and socioemotional problems in middle childhood / Ellen Moss, Vanessa Lecompte

Middle childhood teacher-child relationships: insights from an attachment perspective and remaining challenges / Karine Verschueren

Commentary: culture and attachment during middle childhood / Bin-Bin Chen

Commentary: attachment in middle childhood: looking back, forward, and within / Howard Steele.

Notes:

"Summer 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Attachment in Middle Childhood.

ISBN:

9781119120360

1119120365

OCLC:

907148394