CENTERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Center for Attachment Research
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Directed by Miriam Steele and Howard
families in the Bronx. The immediate goal
Steele, professors of psychology at The
of the intervention is to enhance parental
New School for Social Research (NSSR), the
sensitivity, improve parents’ mental health,
Center for Attachment Research (CAR)
and promote children’s social, emotional,
applies attachment theory to clinical and
and cognitive development, with the aim of
developmental research questions concerning
reducing child behavior problems.
child, parent, and family development. A
Other projects at CAR include research on the
university-based lab, research group, and
intergenerational transmission of body image;
center for training, CAR launches research
research on childhood anxiety at the
initiatives involving students and faculty
“I Have A Dream” Foundation, in collaboration
from NSSR, Parsons School of Design, Eugene
with visiting professor Barbara Hoff; and
Lang College of Liberal Arts, and other units
research on peer play therapy at the Jewish
of The New School, as well as ongoing
Board of Family and Children’s Services’
collaborations with senior consultants and
Relationships for Growth & Learning program,
colleagues in New York and internationally.
in collaboration with colleagues there.
The Center for Attachment Research participates in a range of projects. The
sites.google.com/site/attachmentresearch80/
primary project, supported by funding from
home
and affiliation with Anne Murphy at the Early Child Care Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, examines the effectiveness of Group Attachment Based Intervention (GABI) provided to vulnerable
