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Core texts underpinning
Sense of Safety

Title
Link
Ainsworth, M. D. S. (2010). "Security and attachment." The secure child: Timeless lessons in parenting and childhood education: 43-53.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-01404-003
Baldwin, D. A. (1997). "The concept of security." Review of international studies 23(1): 5-26.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210597000053
Blatz, W. (1973). The theory of human security. Child Development: Selected Readings. L. M. Brockman, J. H. Whiteley and J. P. Zubek. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Ltd: 150-166.
Bowlby, J. (1979). "The Bowlby-Ainsworth attachment theory." Behavioral and Brain sciences 2(4): 637-638.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00064955
Brand, B. (2001). "Establishing safety with patients with dissociative identity disorder." Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 2(4): 133-155.
https://doi.org/10.1300/j229v02n04_07
Eisenberger, N. I., Master, S.L., Inagaki, T.K. (2011). "Attachment figures activate a safety signal-related neural region and reduce pain experience." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(28): 11721-11726.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1108239108
Geller, S. M. and S. W. Porges (2014). "Therapeutic presence: Neurophysiological mechanisms mediating feeling safe in therapeutic relationships." Journal of Psychotherapy Integration 24(3): 178-192
https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0037511
Gilbert, P. (1993). "Defence and safety: Their function in social behaviour and psychopathology." British Journal of Clinical Psychology 32(2): 131-153.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01039.x
Kuo, F. E., et al. (1998). "Transforming inner-city landscapes trees, sense of safety, and preference." Environment and behavior 30(1): 28-59.
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0013916598301002
Lynch, J. M. (2019). Sense of Safety: a whole person approach to distress. Primary Care Clinical Unit. Brisbane, University of Queensland. PhD.
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:34f0469
Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and Personality Third Edition. New York, Harper Collins Publishers.
Mikulincer, M. and P. R. Shaver (2007). "Reflections on security dynamics: Core constructs, psychological mechanisms, relational contexts, and the need for an integrative theory." Psychological Inquiry 18(3): 197-209.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10478400701512893
Milberg, A., et al. (2014). "Patients' Sense of Security During Palliative Care—What Are the Influencing Factors?" Journal of pain and symptom management 48(1): 45-55.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.08.021
Nilsen, P., et al. (2004). "Making sense of safety." Injury Prevention 10(2): 71-73.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2004.005322
Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory: neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, and self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology), WW Norton & Company.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-04659-000
Powell, B., et al. (2013). The circle of security intervention: Enhancing attachment in early parent-child relationships, Guilford Publications.
Rappoport, A. (1997). "The patient's search for safety: The organizing principle in psychotherapy." Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 34(3): 250-261.
https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0087767
Salter, M. D. (1940). "An evaluation of adjustment based upon the concept of security." University of Toronto Studies, Child Development Series.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1941-02274-001
Sampson, H. (1990). "How the patient's sense of danger and safety influence the analytic process." Psychoanalytic Psychology 7(1): 115-124.
https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0079147
Schore, A. N. (2001). "Effects of a secure attachment relationship on right brain development, affect regulation, and infant mental health." Infant Mental Health Journal 22(1-2): 7-66.
https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0355(200101/04)22:1%3C7::AID-IMHJ2%3E3.0.CO;2-N
Sullivan, H. S. (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. London, Tavistock Publications Ltd.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1954-01168-000
Sullivan, R. M. (2003). "Developing a sense of safety." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1008(1): 122-131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1301.013
Van Rosmalen, L., et al. (2016). "From secure dependency to attachment: Mary Ainsworth’s integration of Blatz’s security theory into Bowlby’s attachment theory." History of Psychology 19(1): 22.
https://doi.org/10.1037/hop0000015
Whiting, J. B., et al. (2012). "Safety in intimate partnerships: The role of appraisals and threat." Journal of Family Violence 27(4): 313-320.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-012-9423-7

A curated list of key thinkers who have influenced the theoretical basis of the concept of Sense of Safety as central to health.

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