Autism and Deficits in Attachment Behavior Morton A. Gernsbacher,1 Cheryl Dissanayake, 2 H. Hill Goldsmith,1 Peter C. Mundry,3 Sally J. Rogers,4 Marian Sigman5 1 University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI 53606-1611, USA. 2 La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. 3 University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0721, USA. 4University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacr...

A modeling and experimental study was performed to examine the jet attachment process, which can develop during the fluidic thrust vector control of subsonic and supersonic jets. Experiments performed in rectangular jets up to Mach 1.4 revealed that continuous control of jet exhaust is possible with secondary mass flow rates of the order of 1% of the primary jet mass. Under certain operating co...

In this study, we integrate different research streams—attachment, social identity, and organizational citizenship behavior—to have a better understanding of determinants of individual subjective wellbeing in the context of a virtual community (VC). Attachment is an emotion-laden, target-specific bond between a person and a specific object. Attachment is an important predictor of citizenship be...

The concepts of attachment and attachment behavior are considered from an ethological-evolutionary viewpoint. Attachment heliavior and exploration are viewed in balance, and the biological functions of each are discussed. As an illustration of these concepts, a study is reported of 56 white, middle-class infants, 49-~51 weeks of age, in a strange situation. The presence of the mother was found ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Adult attachment styles Organizational commitment Adult attachment in the workplace AAI Adult attachment style has only recently been considered as having a role in explaining work behavior. The present research aimed to explore the impact of adult attachment style, assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), on organizational commitment (OC) and on adult a...

Attachment theory and research have offered fundamental insights into early sociopersonality development for the past quarter-century. As its scope expands throughout the life course with applications to developmental psychopathology, however, attachment work faces important conceptual and methodological challenges. These include (a) expanding Bowlby's theoretical formulations to address develo...