Título: Understanding Attachment: Parenting, Child Care, and Emotional Development
Autor: Autor Desconhecido
Sinopse: Is maternal instinct fact or fiction? What special challenges do adoptive parents face? What kind of daycare is better, one with many caregivers or one with few? When is separation anxiety normal in a child? Do the experiences of early childhood always influence our ability to build and maintain social relationships as adults? Understanding Attachment helps to answer these questions and many others. This book is perfect for the reader who wants or needs a thorough understanding of attachment, but does not have time to indulge in lengthy study. Parents, child care providers, teachers, nurses, social workers, attorneys, therapists, students, and counselors will all appreciate this work. Is maternal instinct fact or a myth? What special challenges do adoptive parents face? What kind of daycare is better, one with many caregivers or one with few? When is separation anxiety normal in a child, and when is it a sign of a developmental problem? Do the experiences of early childhood always influence our ability to build and maintain social relationships as adults? Understanding Attachment helps to answer these questions and many others. This book is perfect for the reader who wants or needs a thorough understanding of attachment, but does not have the time to indulge in lengthy study. Parents, child care providers, teachers, nurses, social workers, attorneys, therapists, students, and counselors will all appreciate this work. Mercer defines attachment and related terms, discusses the history of the idea, and describes ways in which this aspect of emotional life can be measured. She explains developmental change and the way attachment continues to alter from infancy to adulthood. The importance of social experiences with parents and other caregivers is emphasized. Outcomes of good and poor attachment experiences are discussed, and there is material on attachment disorders. The book concludes with a description of recent work that gives a new perspective on attachment.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Understanding Attachment: Parenting, Child Care, and Emotional Development”, de Autor Desconhecido, publicado pela editora Praeger, em 2005 e com 208 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Praeger
Páginas: 208
Ano: 2005
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0275982173
ISBN13: 9780275982171
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Praeger apresentam uma abordagem analítica e detalhada, frequentemente focada em temas históricos, sociais e políticos com densidade informativa. A experiência de leitura tende a ser marcada por narrativas que combinam rigor acadêmico com relatos documentais, como em análises de conflitos militares, violência doméstica sob perspectivas pouco exploradas, e estudos sobre fenômenos sociais complexos. O catálogo sugere uma inclinação para obras que exploram questões controversas ou pouco discutidas, com textos que podem variar do investigativo ao histórico, passando por análises críticas que envolvem dados estatísticos e relatos pessoais. O tom costuma ser direto e fundamentado, com ritmo que privilegia a reflexão profunda e o entendimento contextual.
