4/14/2023 0 Comments In retrospect it was inevitableThe second commentary by Waters and Patters ( 2021, pp. A challenge identified by Sroufe, however, is that it will be difficult to make attachment measures, that prominently include detailed observational and interview measures, scalable for application in professional practice and epidemiological research not that it would be impossible, but that it will require considerable ingenuity to avoid a vast loss in relevant information. The work of Duschinsky and colleagues ( 2021) has made it clear that, as Sroufe puts it “the time is ripe” (p. Sroufe acknowledges that his generation of research was focused on building attachment research as a credible field of academic inquiry, but that the time has now come to enter into a deeper dialogue with practitioners and other applied communities, both to correct misunderstandings and to inform the future direction of research. 396–403) argues that the inaugural and underpinning strength of attachment research is that the fundamental object of analysis is human relationships, considered in developmental perspective, as they shape individual lives. The first commentary by Sroufe ( 2021, pp. ![]() ![]() Commentaries are offered by members of both the older generation of attachment researchers, the “Cornerstones” of attachment research discussed in Duschinsky’s book, and a younger generation appraising the path forward for their own work as well as for the wider community of researchers. They advocate for a “move to the level of collaboration” for attachment research, in which societal challenges and the needs of professional practice inform coordinated work across multiple research groups based on preregistered protocols, and more open and careful communication between communities invested in attachment research. 375–395) considers the future of attachment research through the lens of developing trends in meta-analytic studies. The second target paper by Schuengel, Verhage, and Duschinsky ( 2021, pp. The paper expresses concern that inappropriate or confused uses of attachment theory and measures will continue, with opportunities for mutual enrichment missed, so long as researchers and practitioners fail to recognize the extent to which they are talking past one another. 355–374) develops a theme from Cornerstones in characterizing the problem of inconsistent usage of attachment concepts across different domains, including popular discourse, developmental science, psychiatry and child welfare practice. The first target paper by Duschinsky et al. ![]() This Special Issue consists of two target papers and seven commentaries directed at the target papers and/or Cornerstones. 555) in the leadership of attachment research the book calls for reflection and discussion, a taking stock of how far we have come, and where we ought to go from here? These questions must be engaged with by a diverse group of attachment scholars, established and emerging, the chief assumption underpinning this special issue of Attachment and Human Development. Duschinsky argues in Cornerstones that there has been an inevitable “changing of the guard” (p. Cornerstones examines and evaluates the contribution of five key research groups that have set the scene for attachment research today, 75 years after theory and research in the field can be said to have formally begun (Bowlby, 1944). This volume marks an important milestone for the field of attachment. This Special Issue of Attachment and Human Development on “Attachment in Retrospect and Prospect” has grown out of the recent publication of the book Cornerstones of Attachment Research 1 ( 2020 hereafter referred to as “ Cornerstones”) by the Cambridge historian of science, Robbie Duschinsky.
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