Understanding attachment : parenting, child care, and emotional development /
Jean Mercer.
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
- xi, 193 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-187) and index.
What is attachment? : the study of emotional ties -- Babies, history, war, and politics : early work on the attachment concept -- The growth of attachment theory : connecting ideas through research -- Attachment, age, and change : emotional ties from birth to adulthood -- Family, experiences, and outcomes : what difference does attachment history make? -- Attachment, mental, health, and psychotherapy : emotional ties and emotional disturbance -- What everybody knows : popular views of attachment -- Old directions and new : parents, children, attachment, and communication.