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Matthews, Mary G. – NAMTA Journal, 1996
Responds to William Sears's article: "Attachment Parenting: A Style That Works" (PS 523 690). Claims that there are alternatives to "attachment parenting" based on the Montessori philosophy, pointing out that Sears's suggestion of sleeping with the baby and carrying the baby in a sling may easily become obstacles in the path of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family Involvement, Individual Development, Infants

Noam, Gil; Cicchetti, Dante – Human Development, 1996
Discusses the two major theoretical traditions from which the ideas discussed in the Noam (PS 524 984) and the Cicchetti (PS 524 985) articles in this issue are drawn. Describes their divergences from traditional Piagetian and attachment theorists, and the approaches each has taken to common themes in their work. Concludes by setting out…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Ecological Factors
Leoni, Julie – Support for Learning, 2006
This article argues that meditation and therapeutic listening have a place in school. The article starts by summarising the findings of PhD research into exclusion which gave rise to this argument and then goes on to explain exactly what is meant by the words: "meditation" and "therapeutic listening". In defining the words, details of how the…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Metacognition, Therapy, Listening

Emde, Robert N. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Considers contributions of Sigmund Freud and Rene Spitz to developmental psychology. Freud's contributions include his observations about play, perspectives on developmental processes, and ideas about unconscious mental activity. Spitz's contributions include his assessments of infants, perspectives on developmental processes, and his concept of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development
Grossmann, Klaus E. – 1987
This paper focuses on difficulties and possibilities of theory and research on emotional attachment in humans and problems associated with exclusive reliance on the Strange Situation procedure in cross cultural research. After specifying emotional consequences of qualitatively different attachment histories and appropriate ways of assessing their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Biological Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context

van den Boom, Dymphna C. – Child Development, 1997
Focuses on definition of sensitivity, developmental changes in sensitivity, and clinical implications of attachment. Maintains that promptness, consistency, and appropriateness are the main components of sensitivity across parenting dimensions. Suggests that studying infant antecedents to attachment security is equally important to that of parent…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Individual Development, Infant Behavior

Keller, Heidi – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1997
Presents an evolutionary-biological perspective on the course of human life. Discusses early development during the first few months of a child's life in the context of bonding with regard to the differentiation of diverse strategies of reproduction. Tries to integrate developmental-psychological knowledge and sociobiological assumptions. (DSK)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Biological Influences, Biology, Child Development
McNamee, Abigail S.; Thompson, Patricia – 1995
Patricia Thompson, a women's studies educator, has in her previous writing proposed the Hestian/Hermean paradigm to distinguish dual systems of action that operate independently in the private, domestic (Hestian) sphere and the public, civic (Hermean) sphere. Based on her concept, this paper suggests that early childhood education might also be…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories
Feiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael – 1987
The conceptualizations of morphogenic processes suggested by systems theorists provide a useful framework for describing growth and development in complex adaptive self-directing organisms. These processes involve changes in (1) a system's structure, state, or functioning; (2) discontinuities in development; and (3) at least two kinds of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children, Developmental Continuity

Thompson, Ross A. – Child Development, 1997
Suggests future directions for study of sensitivity and its impact on early psychosocial development: (1) renewed attention to growth of attachment in context of other developing features of the parent-child relationship; (2) factors that moderate impact of sensitivity on developing security; (3) origins of individual differences in sensitivity;…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Individual Differences

Kitayama, Shinobu – Child Development, 2000
Elaborates on the basic thesis developed by Rothbaum et al., underscoring the significance of the co-constructive process of the self and social relationship. Discusses implications for future cultural psychological inquiry in this area. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Sheldon-Keller, Adrienne; West, Malcolm – 1995
This paper synthesizes a variety of perspectives, with an emphasis on attachment theory, on the agency/communion polarity as first defined by David Bakan (1966). The question researchers sought to answer was whether or not agency/communion is best approached as a polarity--opposite and opposing forces, forces in the personality which have often…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Development, Individual Characteristics, Individual Development
Greenman, Jim – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Differentiates "significant" and "important" preschool events. Claims that it is important to increase the frequency and quality of responsive interactions with individual children; increase awareness of the importance of stable families and a secure attachment to parents; improve interactions with parents to strengthen their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Early Childhood Education