Attachment, psychotherapy, and assessment: a commentary.
This article, a commentary, discusses questions and issues generated by 7 articles on the relationship between attachment theory and research, and psychotherapy and clinical assessment. The issues include the following: attachment-based therapeutic interventions for adults and child-caregiver dyads, change in attachment status as an outcome goal of therapeutic intervention, attachment pattern as a moderator of treatment outcome and therapeutic approach, clinical use of attachment measures, narrative/discourse and self-report measures of attachment patterns, and application of attachment theory to new areas. In the discussion of each of these issues, suggestions are made for future research.
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Morris N
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Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological StudiesAdelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA. Meagle100@aol.com
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome