New to This Edition:

Reflects major advances, including hundreds of new studies.

Clarifies and extends the authors' influential model of attachment-system functioning.

Cutting-edge content on genetics and on the neural and hormonal substrates of attachment.

Increased attention to the interplay among attachment and other behavioral systems, such as caregiving and sexuality.

Expanded discussion of attachment processes in counseling and psychotherapy.

Additional coverage of leadership, group dynamics, and religion.