About a year ago I attended a presentation on resiliency in children. As I sat listening to the presentation I found myself saying something like, “The information on resiliency being presented here fits well with an attachment theory perspective.” As an example, the presenter said that resiliency does not come about simply because parents, family, […]
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July 20, 2010
Considering Attachment Theory and Body-Mind: The “Dual” That Results
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July 16, 2010
Homing In on Bowlby’s Middle Ground Between Reductionism and Vitalism
In my BLT (Bowlby Less Traveled) post of June 29th, 2010, I mentioned the following quote by Bowlby from page 41 of vol. I of his trilogy on attachment: At one time to attribute purposiveness to animals or to build a psychology of human behavior on the concept of purposefulness was to declare oneself a […]
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July 14, 2010
Dark Side of Perfectionism Revealed by Attachment Theory
I just found the following article over at LiveScience.com by Rachael Rettner: The Dark Side of Perfectionism Revealed. In my opinion, the information presented in this article not only agrees with but could be easily framed by attachment theory. I’m not sure why researchers are not making more of an effort to tie their work […]
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July 12, 2010
New Relationship Test Similar to AAI (Adult Attachment Interview)
I just happened upon an article over at LiveScience.com entitled Test Predicts Whether Relationships Will Last. No name was given for the test so I’ll call it Relationship Test for the remainder of this post. As I read this article I found myself saying, “Hey, this new Relationship Test sounds a lot like the AAI (Adult […]
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July 8, 2010
The California Homeless Youth Project (CHYP) Releases Report—Relationships Beget Relationships
I had the pleasure of hearing Nell Bernstein speak up in Santa Fe back in 2007 (or thereabout). If memory serves, Nell had just released her book entitled All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated. I remember asking Nell if she had spent any time looking at the attachment issues surrounding children of […]
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