Attachment Theory and Close Relationships

I highly recommend Simpson and Rholes’ new book on attachment theory. It is scholarly and integrative– it covers the important issues and the breadth of adult attachment theory. This book is a must read for adult attachment researchers and clinicians, as well as for other interested scholars. – Carole Pistole, PhD, Rutgers University

A superb resource…. This book presents a view of close relationships that integrates ideas from social, personality, developmental, and clinical psychology, and it will be useful to researchers and practitioners across these areas…. The study of adult attachment is a relatively new enterprise; this book will help researchers identify critical questions that must be addressed to advance our understanding of when and how attachment processes operate in adult close relationships. – Paula R. Pietromonaco, PhD, University of Massachusetts

Jeffry A. Simpson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University. He received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1986. His research focuses primarily on social interaction processes in close relationships.
W. Steven Rholes, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University, received his doctorate in psychology from Princeton University in 1978. His research, which includes topics in both developmental and social psychology, addresses issues relating to social cognition, affect, and close relationships.