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From foremost authorities, this comprehensive work is widely recognized as the standard reference on attachment. Coverage includes the origins and development of attachment theory; biological and evolutionary perspectives; the role of attachment processes in personality, relationships, and mental health; and clinical applications with children, adults, couples, and families. Broad in scope, the volume is designed to help clinicians, students, and researchers become fully informed about one of the most important areas of research in contemporary psychology.

"I have used this volume successfully in a doctoral seminar in counseling. My students found it to be an excellent resource, one that they will keep on their bookshelves for years."-Richard Lanthier, PhD, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University

"The growth of attachment theory and research continues apace. This book is more than just a great help for scholarship and teaching--it has become indispensable. Show me a similar volume in any other field that so artfully integrates work on behavior, cognition, and emotion across such a wide range of ages and contexts! This is exactly what John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth hoped to set in train."-Everett Waters, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University

"This handbook documents the vibrancy and extraordinary breadth of attachment theory. No other theory has such an extensive conceptual span—from biology and lifespan development to emotion, relationships, psychopathology, and interventions. This volume is a 'must read' for graduate students and scholars who want to keep up with attachment theory's explosive run through the human sciences."-Harry Reis, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester

Jude Cassidy, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and Director of the Maryland Child and Family Development Laboratory. Her research focuses on attachment, social and emotional development in children and adolescents, social information processing, peer relations, and early intervention. Dr. Cassidy serves as coeditor of the journal Attachment and Human Development. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, and received a Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association. Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He has published several books and over 200 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and brain. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He received a Distinguished Career Award from the International Association for Relationship Research and is currently President of that organization.

I. Overview of Attachment Theory 1. The Nature of the Child's Ties, Jude Cassidy 2. Disruptions in Attachment Bonds: Implications for Theory, Research, and Clinical Intervention, Roger Kobak and Stephanie Madsen 3. Attachment, Loss, and Grief: Bowlby's Views and Current Controversies, Phillip R. Shaver and R. Chris Fraley 4. Individual Differences in Infant–Caregiver Attachment: Conceptual and Empirical Aspects of Security, Nancy S. Weinfield, L. Alan Sroufe, Byron Egeland, and Elizabeth Carlson 5. Internal Working Models in Attachment Relationships: Elaborating a Central Construct in Attachment Theory, Inge Bretherton and Kristine A. Munholland II. Biological Perspectives 6. Attachment Theory within a Modern Evolutionary Framework, Jeffry A. Simpson and Jay Belsky 7. Psychobiological Origins of Infant Attachment and Its Role in Development, H. Jonathan Polan and Myron A. Hofer 8. Attachment in Rhesus Monkeys, Stephen J. Suomi 9. Attachment and Temperament: Additive and Interactive Influences on Behavior, Affect, and Cognition during Infancy and Childhood, Brian E. Vaughn, Kelly K. Bost, and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn 10. Studying the Biology of Human Attachment, Nathan A. Fox and Amie Ashley Hane 11. Toward a Neuroscience of Attachment, James A. Coan III. Attachment in Infancy and Childhood 12. Normative Development: The Ontogeny of Attachment, Robert S. Marvin and Preston A. Britner 13. Precursors of Attachment Security, Jay Belsky and R. M. Pasco Fearon 14. Attachment Relationships in the Context of Multiple Caregivers, Carollee Howes and Susan Spieker 15. The Influence of Early Attachments on Other Relationships, Lisa J. Berlin, Jude Cassidy, and Karen Appleyard 16. Early Attachment and Later Development: Familiar Questions, New Answers, Ross A. Thompson 17. Attachment in Middle Childhood, Kathryn A. Kerns 18. The Measurement of Attachment Security and Related Constructs in Infancy and Early Childhood, Judith Solomon and Carol George IV. Attachment in Adolescence and Adulthood 19. The Attachment System in Adolescence, Joseph P. Allen 20. Pair Bonds as Attachments: Reevaluating the Evidence, Debra Zeifman and Cindy Hazan 21. Adult Romantic Attachment: Developments in the Study of Couple Relationships, Judith A. Feeney 22. Same-Sex Romantic Attachment, Jonathan J. Mohr 23. Adult Attachment and Affect Regulation, Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver 24. Attachment in Middle and Later Life, Carol Magai 25.The Adult Attachment Interview: Protocol, Method of Analysis, and Empirical Studies, Erik Hesse 26. Measurement of Individual Differences in Adolescent and Adult Attachment, Judith A. Crowell, R. Chris Fraley, and Phillip R. Shaver V. Psychopathology and Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory and Research 27. Attachment and Psychopathology in Childhood, Michelle DeKlyen and Mark T. Greenberg 28. Attachment Disorganization: Genetic Factors, Parenting Contexts, and Developmental Transformation from Infancy to Adulthood, Karlen Lyons-Ruth and Deborah Jacobvitz 29. Challenges to the Development of Attachment Relationships Faced by Young Children in Foster and Adoptive Care, Mary Dozier and Michael Rutter 30. Attachment and Psychopathology in Adulthood, Mary Dozier, K. Chase Stovall-McClough, and Kathleen E. Albus 31. Prevention and Intervention Programs for Supporting Early Attachment Security, Lisa J. Berlin, Charles H. Zeanah, and Alicia F. Lieberman 32. The Implications of Attachment Theory and Research for Adult Psychotherapy: Research and Clinical Perspectives, Arietta Slade 33. Psychoanalytic Constructs and Attachment Theory and Research, Peter Fonagy, George Gergely, and Mary Target 34. Couple and Family Therapy: An Attachment Perspective, Susan M. Johnson VI. Systems, Culture, and Context 35. The Caregiving System: A Behavioral Systems Approach to Parenting, Carol George and Judith Solomon 36. A Wider View of Attachment and Exploration: The Influence of Mothers and Fathers on the Development of Psychological Security from Infancy to Young Adulthood, Karin Grossmann, Klaus E. Grossmann, Heinz Kindler, and Peter Zimmermann 37. Cross-Cultural Patterns of Attachment: Universal and Contextual Dimensions, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Abraham Sagi-Schwartz 38. Attachment and Religious Representations and Behavior, Pehr Granqvist and Lee A. Kirkpatrick 39. An Attachment-Theoretical Perspective on Divorce, Brooke C. Feeney and Joan K. Monin 40. Implications of Attachment Theory and Research for Child Care Policies, Michael Rutter