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Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
From the beginning, theories of attachment and caregiving have given rise to questions about minimum and maximum numbers of attachment figures. The child's tendency to direct attachment behavior to a specific figure rather than to whoever is nearby has led to the idea of monotropy, suggesting that a child would thrive best with one special…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Theories, Child Caregivers, Child Care
Thompson, Ross A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Attachment theorists have long recognized that multiple attachments characterize the typical experience of most children. But an appreciation of attachment networks is new, and this commentary draws on some of the most theoretically provocative themes of the contributions to this special issue. These include: how the quality of attachment…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Futures (of Society), Security (Psychology), Child Development
Steele, Miriam; Steele, Howard – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
This comment on the Special Issue contributions regarding the attachment network addresses the clinical implications of the findings from three perspectives: (1) the need to look beyond maternal influences on child developmental outcomes; (2) to be open to every seemingly peripheral influence on the child as this may have a central impact on the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Networks, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship
Kobak, Roger; Rosenthal, Natalie L.; Zajac, Kristyn; Madsen, Stephanie D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Puberty alters the interplay of attachment, sexual, and affiliative systems; initiates the search for a peer attachment; and begins the reorganization of adolescents' attachment hierarchies.
Descriptors: Puberty, Attachment Behavior, Sexuality, Peer Groups
Hamm, Jill V.; Faircloth, Beverly S. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
Friendships serve as a secure base and buffer that help adolescents to cope with the psychological challenges of the social ecology of high school. Through these relationships, adolescents develop a stronger sense of belonging to their schools.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Friendship, Student Adjustment