Attachment and Psychopathology

by Atkinson, Leslie; Zucker, Kenneth J.

• ISBN13: 9781572301917
• ISBN10: 1572301910
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-28
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This up-to-date volume applies attachment theory and methods to extend our understanding and prediction of psychopathology. Studies of such populations as divorced mothers, chronically ill infants, Romanian adoptees, children of mothers with anxiety disorders, and boys with gender identity disorder reveal a variety of clinical implications and highlight issues for attachment theory. Chapters utilize research into a recently discovered form of attachment the disorganized pattern as well as new technologies for classifying attachment security beyond infancy.

Author Biography

Leslie Atkinson, Ph.D., is Research Head and Senior Psychologist at the Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. He is also Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Education, University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Faculty member, Graduate Programme in Psychology, York University.

Table of Contents

General Considerations

Attachment and Psychopathology: From Laboratory to Clinic

Clinical Implications of Attachment Concepts: Retrospect and Prospect

Patterns of Attachment and Sexual Behavior: Risk of Dysfunction versus Opportunity for Creative Integration

Risk and Prediction

Attachment Networks in Postdivorce Families: The Maternal Perspective

Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment: A Move to the Contextual Level

Attachment and Childhood Behavior Problems in Normal, At-Risk, and Clinical Samples

The Role of Attachment Processes in Externalizing Psychopathology in Young Children

Crime and Attachment: Morality, Disruptive Behavior, Borderline Personality Disorder, Crime, and Their Relationships to Security of Attachment

In the Clinic

Toddlers' Internalization of Maternal Attributions as a Factor in Quality of Attachment

Intergenerational Transmission of Relationship Psychopathology: A Mother-Infant Case Study

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