Attachment and loss: Retrospect and prospect

This article provides a historical overview of the accumulating evidence demonstrating the detrimental effects of separation, loss, and maternal deprivation during early developmental years. It discusses how these findings have contributed to the establishment of attachment theory, which offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the complexities of personality development and the emergence of psychopathological conditions. [NPID: Attachment theory, conceptual framework, personality, psychopathology, developmental, psychology]

Year: 1982

Reference: Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: Retrospect and prospect. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 52(4), 664–678. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1982.tb01456.x

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