Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of research on close relationships and the
emergence of a new relationship subdiscipline within the social sciences. To date, the new�…

The goal of this special issue is to take stock of attachment theory and research as it applies
to adolescent and adult relationships. We briefly summarize and comment on the 12 articles�…

Abstract" Attachment Theory and Close Relationships" discusses the application of
attachment theory to adult relationships. This book integrates the important theoretical and�…

One of the explicit goals of our target article was to provoke the kind of integrative thinking
and conceptual debate that can help advance the science of relationships. Surely that goal�…

As developmental psychologists studying attachment relationships in infancy and childhood
(Belsky & Cassidy, in press), we have found it fascinating to watch the increased�…

This volume showcases the latest theoretical and empirical work from some of the top
scholars in attachment. Extending classic themes and describing important new�…

The initiation and subsequent development of what I once immodestly labeledthe attraction
paradigm'are described. Though an after-the-fact reconstruction of a given program of�…

Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969/1982, 1973) has been extremely successful at stimulating
research on the formation and quality of emotional bonds and the complex interplay�…

We begin this chapter with an overview of attachment theory, including the main tenets of
Bowlby's (1969) original theory as well as later extensions to adult romantic relationships�…

In the present article we provide an overview of attachment theory as it has been adapted
and tested in our research program. We then review attachment research by many�…