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Center for Attachment Research
from 2020 NSSR Viewbook
Center for Attachment Research
Directed by Miriam Steele and Howard Steele, professors of psychology at The New School for Social Research (NSSR), the Center for Attachment Research (CAR) applies attachment theory to clinical and developmental research questions concerning child, parent, and family development. A university-based lab, research group, and center for training, CAR launches research initiatives involving students and faculty from NSSR, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, and other units of The New School, as well as ongoing collaborations with senior consultants and colleagues in New York and internationally.
The Center for Attachment Research participates in a range of projects. The primary project, supported by funding from 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
families in the Bronx. The immediate goal of the intervention is to enhance parental sensitivity, improve parents’ mental health, and promote children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development, with the aim of reducing child behavior problems.
Other projects at CAR include research on the intergenerational transmission of body image; research on childhood anxiety at the “I Have A Dream” Foundation, in collaboration with visiting professor Barbara Hoff; and research on peer play therapy at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services’ Relationships for Growth & Learning program, in collaboration with colleagues there.
