Examines theoretical aspects of attachment research and psychoanalysis. Topics covered include similarities and differences between psychoanalytic and attachment theories, the development of caregiving, and the two-person unconscious.

Dedication - Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D. Prologue - Diana Diamond, Ph.D. and Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D., Issue Editors Points of Contact and Divergence Between Psychoanalytic and Attachment Theories: Is Psychoanalytic Theory Truly Different? - Peter Fonagy, Ph.D. Second-Generation Effects of Unresolved Trauma in Nonmaltreating Parents: Dissociated, Frightened, and Threatening Parental Behavior - Erik Hesse, Ph.D. and Mary Main, Ph.D Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis: Further Differeniation Within Insecure Attachment Patterns - Kenneth N. Levy, Ph.D. and Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D. The Two-Person Unconscious: Intersubjective Dialogue, Enactive Relational Representation, and the Emergence of New Forms of Relational Organization - Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D. The Development of Caregiving: A Comparison of Attachment Theory and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Mothering - Carol George, Ph.D. and Judith Solomon, Ph.D. Discussion - Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D. Epilogue - Diana Diamond, Ph.D. and Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D.,