Eyes to see and ears to hear: sensitivity in research on attachment and culture

ABSTRACT

How and why should attachment researchers engage in research on attachment and culture? How should they strive to develop a theoretical perspective that is both contextually sensitive and also reflecting species-typical processes of evolutionary adaptation? These comments on the remarkable empirical papers of this special issue consider what is learned from these studies, what more is needed, and directions for future research.

KEYWORDS:

• sensitivity
• culture
• context
• evolution

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