Attachment in Adolescence: Reflections and New Angles
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 117
Published on 3. December 2007
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Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-470-22560-8 (ISBN)
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In recent years, the number of empirical studies examining attachment in adolescence has grown considerably, with most focusing on individual difference in attachment security. This volume goes a step further in extending knowledge and understanding. The physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that characterize adolescence invite a closer conceptual look at attachment processes and organization during this period. The chapter authors, leading researchers in attachment in adolescence, address key topics in attachment process in adolescence. These include issues such as the normative distancing from parents and the growing importance of peers, the formation of varied attachment hierarchies, the changing nature of attachment dynamics from issues of survival to issues of affect regulation, siblings' similarity in attachment representations, individual differences in social information processes in adolescence, and stability and change in attachment representations in a risk sample. Together the chapters provide a compelling discussion of intriguing issues and broaden our understanding of attachment in adolescence and the basic tenets of attachment theory at large.
This is the 117th issue of the Jossey Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.
This is the 117th issue of the Jossey Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-22560-8 (9780470225608)
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Miri Scharf | Orfa Mayseless
Attachment in Adolescence
Reflections and New Angles: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 117
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10/2011
Jossey-Bass
€22.99
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Miri Scharf | Orfa Mayseless
Attachment in Adolescence
Reflections and New Angles: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 117
E-Book
10/2011
Jossey-Bass
€22.99
Available for download
Persons
Miri Scharf is a professor of developmental psychology in the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Isreal, and the head of the educational counseling program.
Ofra Mayseless is a professor of developmental pscyhology and the dean of the faculty of education at the University of Haifa in Isreal.
Ofra Mayseless is a professor of developmental pscyhology and the dean of the faculty of education at the University of Haifa in Isreal.
Content
1. Putting Eggs in More Than One Basket: A New Look at Developmental Processes of Attachment in Adolescence 1 Miri Scharf, Ofra Mayseless This chapter discusses the developmental tasks of adolescence with regard to attachment, in particular, the weakening of emotional investment in relationships with parents, and diversification of emotional investments. 2. From Safety to Affect Regulation: Attachment from the Vantage Point of Adolescence 23 Joseph P. Allen, Nell Manning Attachment in adolescence is examined in relation to its evolution into a broader system of social affect regulation. 3. Attachment and the Processing of Social Information in Adolescence 41 Matthew J. Dykas, Jude Cassidy This chapter discusses theory and research about links between attachment and adolescents' processing of attachment-relevant social information. 4. Adolescent Attachment Hierarchies and the Search for an Adult Pair-Bond 57 Roger Kobak, Natalie L. Rosenthal, Kristyn Zajac, Stephanie D. Madsen Bowlby's concept of an attachment hierarchy provides a conceptual framework for investigating developmental transformations in adolescents' relationships with caregivers and peers. 5. Representations of Attachment to Parents in Adolescent Sibling Pairs: Concordant or Discordant? 73 Lisa Kiang, Wyndol Furman The authors review theoretical and empirical work regarding concordance of adolescent siblings' attachment representations to parents. 6. Adolescent Attachment Representations and Development in a Risk Sample 91 Jill Carlivati, W. Andrew Collins Contextual and interpersonal conditions complicate the search for continuity in adolescent attachment representations over time. I NDEX 107