Attached
The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
2010 • 8 pages
Ratings36
Average rating3.9
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The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
Ratings36
Average rating3.9
Introduces the theory of adult attachment as an advanced relationship science that can enable individuals to find and sustain love, offering insight into the roles of genetics and early family life in how people approach relationships.
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This is mainly a self help dating book with only a bit of attachment theory sprinkled in. Was hoping for more theory and explanation on how these attachment styles develop. Lots of examples/cases but they seemed reductive and simplistic at times.
While there is a lot to say about Bowlby's attachment theory, the information given in this book is really high level and could be summarised in less than 50 pages - the other 250 pages are filled with really simplistic examples and advice that, if anything, would do more harm than good if taken too literally.
Not my type of book and a pretty disappointing read.
I feel like this wouldve been better if i was currently in a relationship
by consuming this as an audiobook, i missed out on a lot of interactivity that it has to offer, and those chapters are of great importance in determining your own and your partners attachment styles. in spite of missing out on those parts, i found great information in this book and will probably go back to the surveys and amend this review if they prove as illuminating as the rest of the book.
