David Wilkins is Senior Research Fellow, Tilda Goldberg Centre, University of Bedfordshire, UKDavid Shemmings is Professor of Child Protection Research at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UKYvonne Shemmings is an Independent Continuing Professional Development Specialist and is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

• List Of Proposed Entries:Adult AttachmentAdult Attachment Interview (AAI)Avoidant AttachmentAmbivalent-Resistant AttachmentAttachment DisordersAttunement And SensitivityBondingBowlby, JohnChild Attachment Interview (CAI)Child MaltreatmentCriticisms Of Attachment TheoryCultural DifferencesDay Care And ChildmindingDisability And AttachmentDisorganised AttachmentDissociationEmotion (Or 'Affect') RegulationEvolutionary InsightsExploration And SecurityFathersFostering And AdoptionGenderGenetics Influences On AttachmentGoal-Corrected BehaviourHarlow's MonkeysHistory Of Attachment Theory And ResearchHPA-Axis And BiochemistryInsecure AttachmentInternal Working ModelInterventions, Attachment-BasedKinship CareLater Life AttachmentsLoss And BereavementMeasures Of AttachmentMemoryMentalisation And Reflective FunctionMothersMultiple AttachmentsNature And Nurture ArgumentsNeglected ChildrenNeurobiological InsightsObject Relations TheoryParentingProximity-Seeking And Safe-Haven BehavioursPsychopathology And Mental Ill-HealthResearch MethodsResilience And Protective FactorsRomantic AttachmentsSecure BaseSecure AttachmentSeparation ProtestStory Stem CompletionStrange Situation Procedure (SSP)TemperamentTheory Of MindTrans-Generational TransmissionTrustUnresolved Loss And TraumaVideo-Based Intervention To Promote Positive Parenting (VIPP)'Zero Empathy'