Estado actual de la teoría del apego: Current state of The Attachment theory

Alfredo Oliva Delgado

doi:10.65549/pwmm6a64

Authors

Alfredo Oliva Delgado Autor/a

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https://doi.org/10.65549/pwmm6a64

Abstract

RESUMEN

La teoría formulada por John Bowlby y Mary Ainsworth sobre el apego o vínculo afectivo que se establece entre madre e hijo constituye uno de los planteamientos teóricos más sólidos en el campo del desarrollo socio-emocional. Lejos de verse debilitada con el paso del tiempo, dicha teoría se ha visto afianzada y enriquecida por una gran cantidad de investigaciones realizadas en los últimos años que la han convertido en una de las principales áreas de investigación evolutiva.

En el presente artículo se presentan, partiendo de los planteamientos iniciales, las aportaciones más recientes en este campo, tales como la transmisión intergeneracional de la seguridad en el apego, las diferencias entre el tipo de apego establecido con el padre y con la madre, el apego múltiple a más de una figura, las relaciones entre la seguridad en el apego y los cuidados alternativos (day-care), las relaciones entre temperamento y apego, y la validez cultural de la teoría del apego.

ABSTRACT

The theory formulated by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth on the attachment or affective link that is established between mother and son constitutes one of the most solid theoretical approaches in the field of the socio-emotional development. Far from turn debilitated with the passage of time, the above mentioned theory has met guaranteed and enriched by a great quantity of researches realized in the last years that have turned her into one of the principal areas of evolutive investigations.

In the present article they appear, departing from the initial approaches, the most recent contributions in this field, such as the intergenerational transmission of the security in the attachment, the differences between the type of attachment established with the father and with the mother, the multiple attachment to more than one figure, the relations between the security in the attachment and the day-care, the relations between temperament and attachment, and the cultural validity of the theory of the attachment.

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