Dr Robbie Duschinsky’s Cornerstones of Attachment Research, a widely accessible introduction to the field of attachment research, has been downloaded 150, 000 times in less than two months.

Attachment theory is among the most popular theories of human socioemotional development, with a global research community and widespread interest from clinicians, child welfare professionals, educationalists and parents.

“A remarkable work. Each section is a gem of concision, stimulus and information, combining academic rigour with wit, common sense, and literary flair. An essential text, it will be unsurpassed-except perhaps by Duschinsky himself-for the foreseeable future” – Jeremy Holmes, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter, UK

The book, which re-examines the work of key laboratories that have contributed to the study of attachment, was published in September 2020 as an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence.

It is free to read at Oxford Clinical Psychology Online and offered as a free PDF download from Oxford University Press and selected open access locations. Open access is funded by Wellcome.