ABSTRACT
It is beyond the scope of this brief monograph to offer any kind of comprehensive summary of the findings of three decades of attachment research. Certain empirical observations have already been alluded to above. In this section we shall briefly overview selected findings that have contributed to the development of attachment theory and/or are likely to have a bearing on its evolving relationship to psychoanalysis. There are, fortunately, excellent recent reviews of this work; in particular the edited volume by Cassidy and Shaver (1999) represents a definitive summary, and Allen’s (2000) monograph is an accessible yet authoritative integration of clinically relevant findings.
