1. Putting Eggs in More Than One Basket: A New Look at Developmental Processes of Attachment in Adolescence 1
Miri Scharf, Ofra Mayseless
This chapter discusses the developmental tasks of adolescence with regard to attachment, in particular, the weakening of emotional investment in relationships with parents, and diversification of emotional investments.

2. From Safety to Affect Regulation: Attachment from the Vantage Point of Adolescence 23
Joseph P. Allen, Nell Manning
Attachment in adolescence is examined in relation to its evolution into a broader system of social affect regulation.

3. Attachment and the Processing of Social Information in Adolescence 41
Matthew J. Dykas, Jude Cassidy
This chapter discusses theory and research about links between attachment and adolescents’ processing of attachment-relevant social information.

4. Adolescent Attachment Hierarchies and the Search for an Adult Pair-Bond 57
Roger Kobak, Natalie L. Rosenthal, Kristyn Zajac, Stephanie D. Madsen
Bowlby's concept of an attachment hierarchy provides a conceptual framework for investigating developmental transformations in adolescents' relationships with caregivers and peers.

5. Representations of Attachment to Parents in Adolescent Sibling Pairs: Concordant or Discordant? 73
Lisa Kiang, Wyndol Furman
The authors review theoretical and empirical work regarding concordance of adolescent siblings’ attachment representations to parents.

6. Adolescent Attachment Representations and Development in a Risk Sample 91
Jill Carlivati, W. Andrew Collins
Contextual and interpersonal conditions complicate the search for continuity in adolescent attachment representations over time.

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