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A POST MODERN CRITIQUE OF ATTACHMENT THEORY: MOVING TOWARDS A SOCIALLY JUST ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

KNESTRICT, THOMAS DAVID
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022005417

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2002, EdD, University of Cincinnati, Education : Special Education.
The theory proposed by Bowlby (1951), Ainsworth (1978) and others, usually called "Attachment Theory" evolved from the psycho-analytic interpretation of the primary relationship that develops between the mother and the child during the first three years of life (Cassidy, 1999). A postmodern analysis of this theory reveals that it supports the status quo, and reinforces stereotypical maternal roles that discriminate against family, women and mothers who do not meet the theories narrow maternal, familial expectations. In turn, this reinforcement of the dominant discourse in concert with the market economy creates a paradigm that fails to consider many ecological and environmental variables in the development of attachment relationships. These shortcomings create the popular notion of the primacy of childhood and the singular importance of the mother/infant dyadic relationship. A new, ecological model of attachment is needed that will accurately and equitably describe the important but not deterministic mother/ infant relationship.
Dr. Anne M. Bauer (Advisor)
1 p.
Education, Special
attachment; ecological; social justice; post modern

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  • KNESTRICT, T. D. (2002). A POST MODERN CRITIQUE OF ATTACHMENT THEORY: MOVING TOWARDS A SOCIALLY JUST ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022005417

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  • KNESTRICT, THOMAS. A POST MODERN CRITIQUE OF ATTACHMENT THEORY: MOVING TOWARDS A SOCIALLY JUST ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022005417.

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  • KNESTRICT, THOMAS. "A POST MODERN CRITIQUE OF ATTACHMENT THEORY: MOVING TOWARDS A SOCIALLY JUST ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022005417

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