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- Title
Evolving Attachment Theory: Beyond Bowlby and Back to Darwin.
- Authors
Del Giudice, Marco; Belsky, Jay
- Abstract
- In our reply to and , we highlight 2 challenges that attachment researchers face today: (a) closing the gap between the developmental and social psychological traditions and (b) connecting attachment theory to the broader field of evolutionary psychology. We contend that an evolutionary life history approach can contribute to both goals and argue that attachment researchers should consider moving beyond some of Bowlby's original formulations in order to permit further advancement of the field. Finally, we review van IJzendoorn and Bakermans-Kranenburg's criticism of the hypothesis that sex differences in attachment arise in middle childhood; we conclude that the claim that the hypothesis has been falsified is premature and that more research is necessary, thereby making our evolutionary-inspired view potentially useful for the time being.
- Subjects
SEX differences (Biology); EVOLUTIONARY theories; CHILDREN; ATTACHMENT behavior; COMMITMENT (Psychology)
- Publication
Child Development Perspectives, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 2, p112
- ISSN
1750-8592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00128.x