Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Affectivity III. On the Affective Attachment and Affects. Tentative Conclusions about a Theory ofAffectivity based on Attachment Formation

Abstract

This article is the third in a series, in which we wanted to compile our views on Affectivity, while exposing, for the first time, the perspectives that have
emerged in recent times.

The most noteworthy novelties, which we now provide, refer to a description of each of the states, or phases, through which both the positive and the negative attachment pass. In addition, we have dedicated a space to try to explain why, in certain moments or situations, the cycle, which provokes the attachment, destabilizes and disappears, or changes direction, from positive to negative.

We have also devoted some space to explain how our research methodologies have been combined. Finally, we have stopped to discern on the present and future methods of knowledge transfer, more pertinent to the subject that concerns us; finding ourselves with the need of effective ways to explain and to discuss with professionals of the health and educational areas, the questions that are considered pertinent around intervention and/or therapeutic programs.