Attachment

This first volume of John Bowlby'sAttachment and Lossseries examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behaviorhow it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills.In the fifteen years sinceAttachmentwas first published, there have been major developments in both theoretical discussion and empirical research on attachment. The second edition, with two wholly new chapters and substantial revisions, incorporates these developments and assesses their importance to attachment theory.Bowlby, John is the author of 'Attachment', published 1983 under ISBN 9780465005437 and ISBN 0465005438.