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Handbook of attacHment
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Attachment in Adulthood:
Structure, Dynamics, and Change, Second Edition
Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
Handbook of
AttAchment
Theory, Research,
and Clinical Applications
tHird e dition
edited by
Jude cassidy
PHilliP r. sHaver
T G P
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Handbook of attachment : theory, research, and clinical applications / edited by Jude Cassidy,
Phillip R. Shaver. — Third edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4625-2529-4 (hardcover)
1. Attachment behavior. 2. Attachment behavior in children. I. Cassidy, Jude. II. Shaver, Phillip R.
BF575.A86H36 2016
155.9′2—dc23
2015030511
With respect and gratitude for
the pioneering work of
John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth
about the editors
Jude Cassidy, PhD, is Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of Psychology at the University
of Maryland, College Park, and Director of the Maryland Child and Family Development Laborato-
ry. Her research interests include socieoemotional development from infancy through adolescence,
with an emphasis on attachment and family relationships; social, cognitive, and regulatory mecha-
nisms through which children’s early family experiences come to influence later well-being and
relationships; and early intervention designed to reduce the risk of insecure attachment and mental
disorders. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger
Fund. Dr. Cassidy serves as coeditor of the journal Attachment and Human Development and is on the
editorial boards of Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Infant Mental Health Journal.
She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the American Psychologi-
cal Association (APA), and is a recipient of the Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award from
APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology).
Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of
California, Davis. He has published several books and over 250 journal articles and book chapters.
Dr. Shaver’s research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships,
personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and the brain. He is a Fellow
of both the APA and the APS, and has served as executive officer of the Society of Experimental So-
cial Psychology (SESP) and as president of the International Association for Relationship Research
(IARR). Dr. Shaver is a recipient of Distinguished Career Awards from the SESP, the IARR, and the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Social
Sciences at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
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contributors
Joseph P. Allen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Chloe Campbell, PhD, Research Department of
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology,
Elizabeth Allison, DPhil, Research Department University College London,
of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, London, United Kingdom
University College London, Lauren M. Carter, BA, Curry School of Education,
London, United Kingdom University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Camilla Azis-Clauson, BSc, Social, Genetic and Jude Cassidy, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of University of Maryland, College Park,
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College Park, Maryland
College London, London, United Kingdom James A. Coan, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, PhD, Centre University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, Judith A. Crowell, MD, Division of Child and
Leiden, The Netherlands Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Jay Belsky, PhD, Department of Human Ecology, and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University
University of California, Davis, Davis, California Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
Lisa J. Berlin, PhD, School of Social Work, University Michelle DeKlyen, PhD, Center for Research on
of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland Child Well-Being, Princeton University,
Gurit E. Birnbaum, PhD, Baruch Ivcher School Princeton, New Jersey
of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Mary Dozier, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Herzliya, Israel University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Kelly K. Bost, PhD, Department of Human and Katherine B. Ehrlich, PhD, Institute for Policy
Community Development Family Resiliency Center, Research and Department of Psychology,
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois R. M. Pasco Fearon, PhD, Research Department
Audrey Brassard, PhD, Department of Psychology, of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology,
Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, University College London,
Canada London, United Kingdom
Inge Bretherton, PhD, Department of Human Brooke C. Feeney, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Development and Family Studies, University of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Pennsylvania
Preston A. Britner, PhD, Department of Human Judith A. Feeney, PhD, School of Psychology,
Development and Family Studies, University of University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut Peter Fonagy, PhD, Research Department of Clinical,
Laura E. Brumariu, PhD, Derner Institute of Educational and Health Psychology, University
Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, College London, and The Anna Freud Centre,
New York London, United Kingdom
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Nathan A. Fox, PhD, Child Development Lab, Patrick Luyten, PhD, Faculty of Psychology and
Department of Human Development, University of Educational Sciences, University of Leuven,
Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland Leuven, Belgium; Research Department of
R. Chris Fraley, PhD, Department of Psychology, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology,
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University College London,
Champaign, Illinois London, United Kingdom
María Teresa Frías, PhD, Department of Psychology, Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, Davis, Davis, California Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Carol George, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Mills College, Oakland, California Stephanie D. Madsen, PhD, Department of
Psychology, McDaniel College, Westminster,
Pehr Granqvist, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Maryland
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Carol Magai, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Mark T. Greenberg, PhD, Prevention Research
Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
Center, Pennsylvania State University,
Robert S. Marvin, PhD, Department of Psychiatric
University Park, Pennsylvania
Medicine, Child and Family Psychiatry, University
Jacquelyn T. Gross, MS, Department of Psychology,
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Maryland, College Park,
Judi Mesman, PhD, Centre for Child and Family
College Park, Maryland
Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Amie A. Hane, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Mario Mikulincer, PhD, Baruch Ivcher School of
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya,
Cindy Hazan, PhD, Department of Human
Herzliya, Israel
Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Gregory E. Miller, PhD, Institute for Policy Research
Erik Hesse, PhD, Department of Psychology,
and Department of Psychology, Northwestern
University of California, Berkeley,
University, Evanston, Illinois
Berkeley, California
Jonathan J. Mohr, PhD, Department of Psychology,
Myron A. Hofer, MD, Department of Psychiatry and
University of Maryland, College Park,
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology,
College Park, Maryland
Columbia University, New York, New York
Joan K. Monin, PhD, Department of Chronic Disease
Carollee Howes, PhD, Psychological Studies in Epidemiology, Social and Behavioral Science
Education Program, Graduate School of Education Division, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven,
and Information Studies, University of California, Connecticut
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Kristine A. Munholland, MSW, PhD, Department
Skyler D. Jackson, BA, Department of Psychology, of Human Development, Washington State
University of Maryland, College Park, University Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington
College Park, Maryland
Robert C. Pianta, PhD, Curry School of Education,
Deborah Jacobvitz, PhD, Department of Human University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Ecology, College of Natural Sciences, University of
H. Jonathan Polan, MD, Department of Psychiatry,
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Weill Cornell Medical College and New York
Susan M. Johnson, PhD, Department of Psychology, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Couple and
Glenn I. Roisman, PhD, Institute of Child
Family Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Development, University of Minnesota,
Jason D. Jones, PhD, Department of Psychology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Maryland, College Park,
Beth S. Russell, PhD, Department of Human
College Park, Maryland
Development and Family Studies, University of
Kathryn A. Kerns, PhD, Department of Psychology, Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Michael Rutter, MD, Social, Genetic and
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, PhD, Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience,
Virginia King’s College London,
Roger Kobak, PhD, Department of Psychology, London, United Kingdom
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Abraham Sagi-Schwartz, PhD, Center for the Study
Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD, Child Trauma Research of Child Development, University of Haifa,
Program, University of California, San Francisco, Haifa, Israel
and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, Department of Psychology,
California University of California, Davis, Davis, California
