Attachment in adults: structure, dynamics and changes. Mikulinger M., Shaver F.R.

This book, synthesizing an extensive array of experimental studies and organizing them around a comprehensive conceptual model, is an exhaustive reference on the topic of attachment in adults. The authors explain how the theory of development of the child today has been transformed into a wide concept and science about all aspects of social functioning throughout life.

This science includes mental representations about itself and others, regulation of emotions, the setting of personal goals and aspirations, relations in pairs, care, sexuality, psychopathology, as well as the use of psychotherapy and behavioral changes. Here the origin and measurement of individual differences in attachment in adults are investigated, and answers are also given to questions about whether the attachment models can change over the years and how.