The theory of attachment was originally developed by John Bowlby (1907 - 1990). Bowlby was a British psychoanalyst who was attempting to understand the intense distress experienced by infants who had been separated from their parents. Bowlby's first formal statement of the attachment theory, building on concepts from ethology and developmental psychology, was presented to the British Psychoanalytic Society in London in three now classic papers: "The Nature of the Child's Tie to His Mother" (1958), "Separation Anxiety" (1959), …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…Emerson, 1964), as well as to day-care providers (Howes, Rodning, Galuzzo, & Myers, 1988). Despite these criticisms, Bowlby's theory continues to have an enormous impact on psychology and the emotional care of young children. Bibliography: *<Tab/>Jamieson, T (2005) Lectures notes: Theories of Attachment - Bowlby's theory *<Tab/>Ross D. Parke, Peter A. Ornstein, John J. Rieser, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler (1995). A century of developmental psychology. American Psychological Association (APA): America