Defensive detachment:
- Freud, S. (1901). Psychopathology of Everyday Life, W. W. Norton & Company
- Freud, A. (1971). Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (The Writings of Anna Freud, Vol 2) International Universities Press
- Bowlby, J. (1999). [1969]. Attachment. Attachment and Loss (vol. 1) (2nd ed.). New York: Basic Books.
- Bowlby, J. (1980). Loss: Sadness & Depression. Attachment and Loss (vol. 3); (International psycho-analytical library no.109). London: Hogarth Press.
Troubling symptoms and syndromes arising from defensive detachment:
- Freud, S. (1901). Psychopathology of Everyday Life, W. W. Norton & Company
- Freud, A. (1971). Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (The Writings of Anna Freud, Vol 2) International Universities Press
- Bowlby, J. (1980). Loss: Sadness & Depression. Attachment and Loss (vol. 3); (International psycho-analytical library no.109). London: Hogarth Press.
- Ainsworth, M. (1978). Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation. Erlbaum.