Book chapter
Attachment
Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists, pp.354-365
Cambridge University Press
11/08/2023
DOI: 10.1017/9781911623137.053
Abstract
Since articulated by John Bowlby in the late 1960s, attachment theory has become foundational for our understanding of how early experience may shape neurodevelopment and later psychopathology. Using well-validated instruments to measure attachment, such as the Strange Situation Procedure and the Adult Attachment Interview, variations in human attachment have been observed and linked to differences in brain, endocrine and behavioural responses. These observations closely parallel non-human animal models of caregiving and social behavior, which also provide more detailed data on neuroendocrine mechanisms. Understanding the neurobiology of attachment has also led to some novel approaches to therapeutic intervention.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Attachment
- Creators
- Lane Strathearn - University of Iowa, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists, pp.354-365
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/9781911623137.053
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/08/2023
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984656326602771
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