Inge Bretherton

Professor Emerita

PhD, Developmental Psychology, Johns Hopkins University

Theory Development and Research Interests

Selected Publications

Bretherton, I., & Munholland, K. A. (2008). Internal working models in attachment relationships: Elaborating a central construct in attachment theory. In J. Cassidy and P. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of Attachment: Theory, research and clinical application (2nd  ed.). New York: Guilford.

Bretherton, I. (2005). In pursuit of the internal working construct and its relevance to attachment relationships. In K. E. Grossmann, K. Grossmann, & E. Waters (Eds.), Attachment from Infancy to Adulthood:  The major longitudinal studies (pp. 13-47).  New York:  Guilford Press.

Bretherton, I., Oppenheim, D., Buchsbaum, H., & Emde, R. N. (2003). The MacArthur Story Stem Battery. In R. N. Emde, D. P. Wolf, & D. Oppenheim (Eds.), Revealing the inner worlds of young children: The MacArthur Story Stem Battery and parent-child narratives (pp. 381-396). New York: Oxford University Press (circulating as an unpublished MS since 1990).

Bretherton, I., & Page, T. (2004). Shared or conflicting working models? Relationships in ostdivorce families seen through the eyes of mothers and their preschool children. Development and Psychopathology.16,551-575.