About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about methods of measuring attachment, focusing in particular on: (i) Mary Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’ procedure; (ii) the reunion behaviours associated with each of Ainsworth’s attachment types; (iii) Mary Main’s ‘Adult Attachment Interview’; (iv) the correlation between ‘Strange Situation’ results and ‘Adult Attachment Interview’ results.

About the lecturer

Jeremy Holmes is a visiting professor of psychology at the University of Exeter. He is a consultant psychiatrist and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who specialises in attachment theory. Professor Holmes has authored a number of books on attachment theory, which explore its history, as well as bringing it together with modern psychoanalytical theory. Some of Professor Holmes’ recent publications include ‘Friston’s free energy principle: new life for psychoanalysis?’ (2021) and ‘Therapeutic mechanisms in attachment-informed psychotherapy in adults’ (2021).