Attachment theory
Psychological ethological theory about human relationships
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| 2020 |
Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation
Crittenden further refined and updated the Transition to Adulthood Attachment Interview (TAAI), continuing to develop the assessment tool for understanding attachment in adolescents and young adults.
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| 2018 | A research paper argued that Attachment theory represents a Western middle-class perspective, overlooking diverse caregiving practices in most of the world. |
| 2018 |
Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation
van IJzendoorn et al. highlighted the replication crisis of ABC+D-based attachment assessments and called for the attachment research community to revisit its foundations.
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| November 2018 |
Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation
Van IJzendoorn and Crittenden exchanged a series of critical comments about the ABC+D and DMM attachment models in the Infant Mental Health Journal.
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| 2017 |
Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation
Granqvist and 42 other attachment experts, including Mary Main, agreed that the concept of disorganized attachment has little or no utility and may not be used clinically or forensically.
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| 2016 | A Psychological Bulletin article proposed that attachment could largely be due to heredity, calling for research focus on nonshared environmental effects using behavioral genetic designs. |
| 2013 | A study from Utah State suggested that individuals can have different attachment styles with different people and that parents' time away from their child is not a significant predictor of attachment. |
| 2011 |
Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation
Mary Main began calling for caution in the use of disorganized attachment in clinical and forensic settings.
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| 2010 | A study in the Journal of Personality examined twins in Italy using the ACE Model, finding that shared environment was irrelevant in explaining adult attachment styles, with attachment-related anxiety and avoidance instead explained by genetics and unshared environmental factors. |
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