Attachment and relationships: Milestones and future directions Academic Article

abstract

• Adult attachment researchers have made important strides during the past 25 years in testing and applying attachment theory to multiple personal and interpersonal domains. We highlight some of the major milestones and then propose several directions for future research. Some of the most important and promising directions include testing additional normative processes implied by attachment theory, developing and testing critical connections between attachment theory and other major interpersonal theories, and identifying pathways between attachment processes and long-term health outcomes.

authors

• Rholes, William

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

author list (cited authors)

• Simpson, J. A., & Rholes, W. S.

citation count

• 48

complete list of authors

• Simpson, Jeffry A||Rholes, W Steven

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Social and Personal Relationships  Journal

keywords

• Attachment
• Health
• Individual Differences
• Normative Processes

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0265407509360909

start page

• 173

end page

• 180

volume

• 27

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407509360909