Manuela Verissimo
Full Professor of Developmental Psychology at ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, PortugalAbout the author:
My research aims to emphasize the connection between the quality of secure-base relationships, during infancy and childhood, and a range of outcomes in social and emotional development domains. My research is profoundly embodied in both developmental and cross-cultural perspectives.
What I want to achieve:
I consider that attachment theory needs to incorporate the notion that the child builds an attachment network in the first years of life that will constrain his/her development. Recently, I developed a particular interest in the implications of early relations to the development of empathy and prosocial behavior.