Hanly C
Psychoanal Q. 1978;47(3):364-80.
Freud acknowledged how difficult it is to understand why some people are able to utilize anxiety effectively for the purposes of their lives, whereas others suffer psychopathology on account of it. Bowlby has recently advanced the hypothesis that the cause of the difference is to be found in the relation of children to their mothers and their substitutes. It is upon this relationship that individuals depend for the homeostatic regulation of their reactions of anxiety. This paper is a critical evaluation of Bowlby's theory of anxiety.
弗洛伊德承认，理解为什么有些人能够有效地利用焦虑来服务于他们的生活目的，而另一些人却因此患上精神病理学疾病是多么困难。鲍尔比最近提出了一个假说，认为这种差异的原因可以在儿童与母亲及其替代者的关系中找到。个体正是依靠这种关系来实现对焦虑反应的稳态调节。本文是对鲍尔比焦虑理论的批判性评价。
