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The wonder of our complex enterprise: Steps enabled by attachment and the effects of relationships on relationships
Author(s) -
Emde Robert N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(199123)12:3<164::aid-imhj2280120304>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - humanities , meaning (existential) , sociology , empathy , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , social psychology
John Bowlby's legacy encourages our exploration well beyond the child's attachment to a primary caregiver. A wide variety of family relationships contribute to child development, and the effects of relationships on other relationships are in particular need of investigation. The complexities of relationship influences seem mind‐boggling as we array them, but both the researcher and the working clinician are guided by a number of principles in the search for meaning. These are described in terms of polarities that frame our interests and in terms of our human capacities for empathy and pattern recognition.