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1control Reprinted from: Attachment and Human Development, 2002, 4, 230-242. Attachment-related Psychodynamics State University of New York at Stony Brook John Bowlby's goal in developing modern attac h- therapy attest to the value of Bowlby's insights. Yet, ment theory was to preserve what he considered in many respects, attachment theory remains work some of Freud's most valuable insights about human in progress. We have described it as a theory of i n-development and close relation ships. First among fant and adult relationships and a great deal in bthese were insights into the importance of early e x- tween that is left to the imagination (Waters et al., perience and the notion that infant - mother and 1991). And even so, the theory is much more co m-adult - adult relationships are similar in kind. Focu pletely articulated for infancy than for adulthood. sing on prospective and observational methods, In addition to his interest in attachment -Bowlby replaced Freud's drive reduction model of processes, Bowlby sought to preserve psychodrelationship motivation with one that emphasized namic insights into defensive processes by transla t-the role relationships play in support of exploration ing them into the language of modern cognitive and competence. He also introduced concepts from chology. Although these are not attachment - systems theory to highlight and account for specific processes, they are certainly in play in ...