Little Hans and attachment theory: Bowlby's hypothesis reconsidered in light of new evidence from the Freud Archives.

摘要: Bowlby (1973), applying attachment theory to Freud's case of Little Hans, hypothesized that Hans's anxiety was a manifestation anxious attachment. However Bowlby's evidence modest; Hans threatened by his mother with abandonment, expressed fear abandonment prior symptom onset, and separated from for short time year before. hypothesis is reassessed in light systematic review the record as well new recently derestricted interviews father Freud Archives. supported multiple additional lines regarding both triggers separation preceding phobia (e.g., funeral, sibling rivalry, moving, getting own bedroom) background factors influencing working model (mother's psychopathology, intense marital conflict, suicides mother's family) would make him more vulnerable such anxiety. also placed within context subsequent developments theory.