A Secure Base from Which to Explore Close Relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23375672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Everett Waters (0000-0003-1738-4971, SUNY , Stony Brook, NY), E Mark Cummings (0000-0002-5932-606X, Notre Dame University , Notre Dame, IN) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 164-172 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8624.00130 |
| PMID | 10836570 |
| OpenAlex | W2051648402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 152 |
| References cited | 14 |
The theory of attachment as a secure-base relationship integrates insights about affect, cognition, and behavior in close relationships across age and culture. Empirical successes based on this theory include important discoveries about the nature of infant–caregiver and adult–adult close relationships, the importance of early experience, and about stability and change in individual differences. The task now is to preserve these insights and successes and build on them. To accomplish this, we need to continually examine the logic and coherence of attachment theory and redress errors of emphasis and analysis. Views on attachment development, attachment representation, and attachment in family and cross-cultural perspective need to be updated in light of empirical research and advances in developmental theory, behavioral biology, and cognitive psychology. We also need to challenge the theory by formulating and testing hypotheses which, if not confirmed, would require significant changes to the theory. If we can accomplish these tasks, prospects for important developments in attachment theory and research are greater than ever, as are the prospects for integration with other disciplines.
Attachment theory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) · Developmental psychology · Developmental stage theories · Empirical research · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Psychological Theory · Redress · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 5,85 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 112 |