Adult Attachment - by Omri Gillath & Gery C Karantzas & R Chris Fraley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The book covers a variety of topics on attachment from different levels of analysis: formation and development of attachment bonds; conceptualization and measurement of attachment styles; working models of attachment - their content structure, and implications for relationship functioning and emotion regulation; cognitive underpinnings of attachment and its activation of enhancement via priming; interplay between the attachment behavioral system and other behavioral systems; contribution of physiology, neurosciene, and genetics to attachment; role of contextual factors in understanding attachment; implications of attachment for therapy and understanding psychopathology."--Page 4 of cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Adult Attachment: A Concise Introduction to Theory and Research </i>is an easy-to-read and highly accessible reference on attachment that deals with many of the key concepts and topics studied within attachment theory. This book is comprised of a series of chapters framed by common questions that are typically asked by novices entering the field of attachment. The content of each chapter focuses on answering this overarching question. </p> <p>Topics on the development of attachment are covered from different levels of analysis, including species, individual, and relationship levels, working models of attachment, attachment functions and hierarchies, attachment stability and change over time and across situations, relationship contexts, the cognitive underpinnings of attachment and its activation of enhancement via priming, the interplay between the attachment behavioral system and other behavioral systems, the effects of context on attachment, the contribution of physiology/neurology and genetics to attachment, the associations/differences between attachment and temperament, the conceptualization and measurement of attachment, and the association between attachment and psychopathology/therapy.</p> <p>TEDx talk: The Power of (Secure) Love by Omri Gillath: https: //youtu.be/PgIQv-rTGgA<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>A wonderfully enlightening and concise introduction to theory and research on adult attachment. Gillath, Karantzas, and Fraley have done a superb job synthesizing the voluminous literature into an informative, engaging, and eminently accessible review. <b>--Harry T. Reis, Ph.D., University of Rochester</b></p> <p>This very interesting, highly engaging book asks and then systematically answers the most important questions that many people have about attachment and close relationships, including their own. It provides a wonderful introduction to this important and vibrant theory and body of scientific findings. It should be on the shelf of anyone who is interested in the science of relationships. <b>--Jeffry A. Simpson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota</b></p> <p>Written in an open and engaging style, this is an authoritative guide to everything you wanted to know about attachment but were too overwhelmed to ask. It will be the 'go to' primer for everything attachment-related for many years to come...the authors are to be congratulated on an outstanding achievement. <b>--Julie Fitness, Ph.D., Macquarie University</b></p><br>
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