TY - BOOK AU - Bowlby,John TI - Attachment and loss: volume 1 : attachment SN - 0712674713 PY - 1997/// CY - London : PB - Pimlico, KW - Child behaviour KW - Parent-child relations KW - Maternal deprivation KW - Child development KW - Attachments disorders N1 - Previous ed.: London : Hogarth & The Institute of Psycho-analysis , 1969 N2 - In this classic work of psychology John Bowlby examines the processes that take place in attachment and separation and shows how experimental studies of children provide us with a recognizable behaviour pattern which is confirmed by discoveries in the biological sciences. He makes clear that human attachment is an instinctive response to the need for protection against predators, and one as important for survival as nutrition and reproduction ER -