Researchers have used J. Bowlby's (1969/1982, 1973, 1980, 1988) attachment theory
frequently as a basis for examining whether experiences in close personal relationships …

Half a century of research and program evaluation has fueled a diverse landscape of early
childhood policies and practices that produce a range of positive effects on the life prospects …

Attachment theory and research are drawn upon in many applied settings, including family
courts, but misunderstandings are widespread and sometimes result in misapplications. The …

This review updates previous similar papers published in JFT in 2000, 2009 and 2014. It
presents evidence from meta‐analyses, systematic literature reviews, narrative literature …

This chapter was prepared when all authors were at Columbia University's Teachers
College; Luthar and Small are currently at Arizona State University. The authors gratefully …

The chapter begins with the premise that caregiving is not restricted to parents, and that
parents therefore are not children's only attachment figures. Howes and Spieker examine …

The Classic Edition of Promoting Positive Parenting illuminates the widespread success of
the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline …

Study of attachment in the 1970s and 1980s focused on operationalizing and validating
many of the tenets of attachment theory articulated in Bowlby's landmark trilogy, Attachment …

The antecedents and developmental course of borderline personality disorder symptoms
were examined prospectively from infancy to adulthood using longitudinal data from a risk …

In this chapter, we discuss young children in foster care, as well as those adopted both
nationally and internationally. Although children in these groups experience different …