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About, Around, and Against the Work of John Bowlby
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 July 23, 2010 

Attachment and Resilience: The Politics of Nature or Nuture

A colleague just sent over materials that contain the following quote by Nancy Davis: In the popular press and in many programs, “resilience” is frequently used as if it were a character trait, as in “John is very resilient.” However, using the term this way has had an unintended but serious negative consequence in that […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 July 20, 2010 

Considering Attachment Theory and Body-Mind: The “Dual” That Results

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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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 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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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 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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