Heidi Keller

The Myth of Attachment Theory

A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Myth of Attachment Theory confronts the uncritical acceptance of attachment theory â challenging its scientific basis and questioning the relevance in our modern, superdiverse and multicultural society â and exploring the central concern of how children, and their way of forming relationships, differ from each other.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780367764784
• ISBN-10: 0367764784
• Artikelnr.: 62271396

Autorenporträt

Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former Head of Department, Culture and Development, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osnabrueck University, Germany. Among many international awards, in 2019 she was the recipient of the SRCD Award for Distinguished Contributions to Understanding International, Cultural and Contextual Diversity in Child Development.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Beginnings of Attachment Theory 3. The Attachment
Theory of the 21st Century 4. Unsolved Problems 5. Cultural Blindness of
Attachment Theory 6. Checking Facts: What is and what can attachment theory
really do? 7. Attachment Theory and Daycare 8. Reflections About Culture
Conscious Transition Processes 9. Ethical Questions 10. Concluding Comments