Keller Heidi
Department of Culture and Development, University of Osnabrück, Artilleriestrasse 34, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany.
Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2008 Dec;42(4):406-15. doi: 10.1007/s12124-008-9080-9. Epub 2008 Sep 17.
This essay acknowledges the seminal contribution of the founders of attachment theory and research as a paradigm shift in understanding the importance of the socioemotional foundation of developmental processes. However, it is surprising that attachment theory has been treated as a closed system by its students with remarkable resistance to change and further development of theory and methodology. Especially three dimensions are identified that would help to advance attachment theory as a valid conception also for the future. The context specificity of evolutionary theorizing, the different socialization goals and parenting strategies across cultures and the new insights in infant development need to be taken into consideration in order to develop a valid theory of socioemotional development as the culturally informed solution of universal developmental tasks.
本文承认依恋理论的创始人及其研究作为一种范式转变所做出的开创性贡献，这种转变让我们认识到发展过程中社会情感基础的重要性。然而，令人惊讶的是，依恋理论的追随者将其视为一个封闭的体系，对理论和方法的变革与进一步发展表现出显著的抵触情绪。特别是确定了三个维度，这将有助于推动依恋理论在未来也成为一个有效的概念。进化理论化的情境特异性、不同文化间不同的社会化目标和育儿策略，以及婴儿发展方面的新见解，都需要被纳入考量，以便形成一个有效的社会情感发展理论，作为对普遍发展任务的文化适应性解决方案。
