The Cultural Nature of Attachment : Contextualizing Relationships and Development (Strüngmann Forum Reports)

The Cultural Nature of Attachment

Contextualizing Relationships and Development

Strüngmann Forum Reports

共著
教育
心理
社会
情報
生物
Heidi Keller and Kim A. Bard (eds.)
高田明(アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科 / 分担執筆)
Akira Takada (アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 分担執筆)
出版年月
図書体裁
6 in x 9 in
出版社
MIT Press
ISBN
9780262036900
定価(税抜)
4,480
本体価格備考
$45.00 | £35.00
頁数
448
本文言語
English

内容紹介

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.

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