ISSN : 1229-067X
The purpose of this study is to review the articles proving Bowlby's claims that the attachments to caregiver in infancy are continued throughout one's life as a internal working model and transmitted to one's descendants. In addition, the articles reporting insecure attachments influence to the pathological development and transmitted to one's offspring through the qualitative characteristics of attachment, are also included in this review. By this review, it was able to be confirmed that the attachment is one of the important research themes in developmental psychopathology as well as in developmental psychology.