The paper traces the relationship between attachment processes and the development of
the capacity to envision mental states in self and others. We suggest that the ability to …

A model for the development of this mechanism is offered as well as evidence for it from five
areas:(1) the nature of the association of early attachment and later cognitive functioning,(2) …

It is self-evident that the child's cognitive development takes place not alongside but within
the emotional turmoil normally generated by family and peer relationships. It should be …

Reflective function refers to a quantified index of attachment-related mentalization, that is,
the capacity to conceive of mental states as explanations of behavior in oneself and in …

No human is identical to any other and yet all develop in accordance with the same
principles regulating the interaction of biology and circumstance. Explaining this …

Attachment theory concerns the nature of early experiences of children and the impact of
these experiences on aspects of later functioning of particular relevance to personality …

Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with
the quality of self‐representation than with the development of the subjective agency which …

This study examined children's reports of relatedness to multiple relationship figures in a
population of low SES maltreated (N= 115) and nonmaltreated (N= 100) children, ranging in …

Controversy surrounds the role of early social experience in the development of personality
disorder. In particular, little is known of the means by which continuities from infancy through …

This is a theoretical paper about differences in quality of attachment in preschool-aged
children with emphasis on the development of the goal-corrected partnership. Inferences are …