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ATTACHMENT AND MEMORY RESEARCH: REFLECTING ON A SHARED PAST AND A COLLABORATIVE FUTURE
Author(s) -
Reese Elaine
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
monographs of the society for research in child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1540-5834
pISSN - 0037-976X
DOI - 10.1111/mono.12399
Subject(s) - psychology , general partnership , developmental psychology , set (abstract data type) , attachment theory , attachment measures , childhood memory , cognition , episodic memory , finance , neuroscience , computer science , economics , programming language
This commentary applauds the authors of the monograph, The Mother–Child Attachment Partnership in Early Childhood: Secure Base Behavioral and Representational Processes , for their thorough and elegant exploration of the development of attachment working models in the preschool years in relation to maternal sensitivity and attachment representations, mother–child co‐constructions of attachment‐relevant stories, and children's own secure base behavior. These findings are set against a backdrop of children's memory development, with the recommendation that future research delves even younger to explore the development of attachment working models in children under 3 years. A second recommendation is to continue the work with older children, with a particular focus on the conversations they are having with caregivers about actual attachment‐related experiences. This new research poses challenges, especially with at‐risk samples. Fortunately, the stage is now set for attachment and memory researchers to come together to continue to map the development of attachment working models.