Attachment Theory Expanded

1. Attachment Theory and Security Dynamics

2. An Outline of the Expanded Theory

3. The Expanded Theory in Relation to Other Social-Psychological Theories

II. Seeking and Attaining Felt Security: The Distress-Relief Cycle Involving Proximity Seeking and Others’ Responsiveness

4. Facing Threats and Challenges: Seeking a Safe Haven and Secure Base for Exploration

5. A Cost of Becoming Attached: Facing the Threat of Attachment-Figure Unavailability

6. Feeling Protected and Supported: Calming and Empowering Effects

7. Feeling Protected and Supported: Security-Enhancing Effects

III. Intrapersonal, Relational, and Societal Implications of Attaining or Failing to Attain Security

8. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Resilience, Subjective Well-Being, and Mental Health

9. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Mature, Other-Oriented Love

10. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Personal Growth and Autonomous Relatedness

11. Thwarted Security and the Development of Anxious and Avoidant Patterns of Self-Regulation and Relating

IV. Epilogue

12. Wrapping Up, Taking Stock

Appendices

References

Index