From childhood to adult relationships: Attachment theory and research.

Abstract

briefly review the basic principles of attachment theory and summarize relevant findings from the childhood attachment literature / review work applying an attachment perspective to adult relationships, with particular attention to work . . . that integrates previous research in parent–child and adult attachment / specific mechanisms that may mediate the relationship between early attachment patterns and patterns established in adult relationships are then explored / discuss some caveats of present work in adult attachment (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)