El artículo es una revisión teórica en la que se aborda, en primer lugar, el concepto de apego, sus componentes, tipos, funciones, consecuencias y se plantean un conjunto de preguntas relacionadas con la estabilidad y el cambio a lo largo del ciclo vital, tema central del artículo. Se pasa a continuación a revisar varios asuntos clave necesarios para la discusión posterior sobre la estabilidad y el cambio: en primer lugar, si el apego es un sistema estable único o si se trata de varios sistemas de relación que se manifiestan según la interacción que se tiene con cada persona; su estabilidad a través de diferentes situaciones, su interacción con otros sistemas relacionales de la persona (exploratorio, afiliativo, miedo a extraños, sexual) y el concepto unificador de “internal working model”. Por último, la discusión acerca de la estabilidad y el cambio se construye a partir del análisis de los enfoques teóricos que lo han abordado, los datos disponibles en la actualidad y se concluye revisando las evidencias en torno a las causas de la estabilidad y del cambio.
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