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A key aspect of understanding the importance of attachment is being able to measure it. This article charts developments in this area, from the 1950s through to the present day.
Psychologist John Bowlby was the first attachment theorist, with observations and theoretical explorations beginning in the 1950s. He argued that attachment is the lasting psychological connectedness between human beings and that the bonds formed between a child and its primary attachment figure will have a big impact throughout life. For more on this see Box 1.
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