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- Title
THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON ATTACHMENT: OVERREACHING THEORY AND DATA.
- Authors
Ludolph, Pamela S.
- Abstract
The Family Court Review Special Issue edited by McIntosh focused on the views of traditional attachment theorists, neglecting to interview more progressive thinkers or put many thought-provoking questions to the traditionalists. The advances in attachment research in the last half century were little acknowledged. Among the unexplored research findings were the discovery that early attachment status can change, often as a result of negative life events; that maternal deprivation and other early losses are recoverable; and that infants do not require one primary caregiver to thrive. The notion that young children should not have overnight stays with their fathers was presented as fact, when little convincing research exists on the question. Key Points for Family Court Community: The Family Court Review Special Issue presented the views of traditional attachment theorists., More contemporary views of attachment were not presented in a balanced way., Among the ideas supported by current attachment research that were insufficiently addressed are: Early attachment does not uniquely determine later functioning., Early losses are generally recoverable., Infants and young children form multiple attachments and generally are attached to both their mothers and fathers., Current research is sparse and provides no convincing support for the idea that young children should have little or no overnight time with their fathers.,
- Subjects
ATTACHMENT behavior; CUSTODY of children; DIVORCE; PSYCHOLOGY of children of divorced parents; DOMESTIC relations
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 3, p486
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1744-1617.2012.01464.x