The Cultural Nature of Attachment

Contextualizing Relationships and Development

Heidi Keller (University of Osnabrück), Kim A. Bard (University of Portsmouth), Heidi Keller (University of Osnabrück) , Kim A. Bard (University of Portsmouth)

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English

MIT Press
27 October 2017

Social & cultural anthropology; Child & developmental psychology; Family psychology; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Strüngmann Forum Reports

Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children's attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy.

It is generally acknowledged that attachment relationships are important for infants and young children, but there is little clarity on what exactly constitutes such a relationship. Does it occur between two individuals (infant-mother or infant-father) or in an extended network? In the West, monotropic attachment appears to function as a secure foundation for infants, but is this true in other cultures? This volume offers perspectives from a range of disciplines on these questions. Contributors from psychology, biology, anthropology, evolution, social policy, neuroscience, information systems, and practice describe the latest research on the cultural and evolutionary foundations on children's attachment relationships as well as the implications for education, counseling, and policy.

The contributors discuss such issues as the possible functions of attachment, including trust and biopsychological regulation; the evolutionary foundations, if any, of attachment; ways to model attachment using the tools of information science; the neural foundations of attachment; and the influence of cultural attitudes on attachment. Taking an integrative approach, the book embraces the wide cultural variations in attachment relationships in humans and their diversity across nonhuman primates. It proposes research methods for the culturally sensitive study of attachment networks that will lead to culturally sensitive assessments, practices, and social policies.

Contributors Kim Bard, Marjorie Beeghly, Allyson J. Bennett, Yvonne Bohr, David L. Butler, Nandita Chaudhary, Stephen H. Chen, James B. Chisholm, Lynn A. Fairbanks, Ruth Feldman, Barbara L. Finlay, Suzanne Gaskins, Valeria Gazzola, Ariane Gernhardt, Jay Giedd, Alma Gottlieb, Kristen Hawkes, William D. Hopkins, Johannes Johow, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter, Heidi Keller, Michael Lamb, Katja Liebal, Cindy H. Liu, Gilda A. Morelli, Marjorie Murray, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, Naomi Quinn, Mariano Rosabal-Coto, Dirk Scheele, Gabriel Scheidecker, Margaret A. Sheridan, Volker Sommer, Stephen J. Suomi, Akira Takada, Douglas M. Teti, Bernard Thierry, Ross A. Thompson, Akemi Tomoda, Nim Tottenham, Ed Tronick, Marga Vicedo, Leslie Wang, Thomas S. Weisner, Relindis D. Yovsi

Contributions by: Heidi Keller (University of Osnabrück), Kim A. Bard (University of Portsmouth), Marga Vicedo (Princeton University)
Edited by: Heidi Keller (University of Osnabrück), Kim A. Bard (University of Portsmouth)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
ISBN: 9780262036900
ISBN 10: 0262036908
Series: Strüngmann Forum Reports
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 27 October 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus at Osnabr ck University, Germany, and a Director of Nevet Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need in the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kim Bard is Professor of Comparative Developmental Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus at Osnabr ck University, Germany, and a Director of Nevet Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need in the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kim Bard is Professor of Comparative Developmental Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. Michael E. Lamb is Professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences, Cambridge University. Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus at Osnabr ck University, Germany, and a Director of Nevet Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need in the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus at Osnabr ck University, Germany, and a Director of Nevet Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need in the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kim Bard is Professor of Comparative Developmental Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus at Osnabr ck University, Germany, and a Director of Nevet Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need in the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Winner of <PrizeName>Winner of the 2018 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award. </PrizeName> 2018
Winner of Winner of the 2018 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award. 2018
Winner of Winner of the 2018 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award. </PrizeName> 2018