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attachment styles  

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  • The concept of attachment was introduced into psychiatry and psychology by John Bowlby, a British psychoanalyst whose major books appeared between 1969 and 1980. Like many psychoanalysts, beginning with Sigmund Freud, Bowlby was interested in the early childhood roots of later personality patterns, including psychological disorders. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Attachment Styles]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LK02ZB0R-Z

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