Marissa D Nivison, Katie M DeWitt, Glenn I Roisman, Theodore E A Waters
{"title":"Scripted attachment representations of current romantic relationships: measurement and validation.","authors":"Marissa D Nivison, Katie M DeWitt, Glenn I Roisman, Theodore E A Waters","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.2020855","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14616734.2021.2020855","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report describes the development and validation of a new coding system for the Current Relationship Interview (CRI) that assesses individual differences in secure base script knowledge with respect to adult romantic partners. Drawing on data from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation (<i>N</i> = 116) a coding system was developed to parallel the secure base script coding system for the Adult Attachment Interview. Specifically, CRIs conducted in adulthood were re-coded for the extent to which the interviews reflected script-like expectations that romantic partners are available and provide effective support in times of distress (CRI<sub>sbs</sub>). CRI<sub>sbs</sub> was moderately associated with the traditional coding system for the CRI and showed concurrent and/or predictive validity in relation to observed and self-reported romantic relationship quality as well as interview ratings of the effectiveness with which adults engaged in romantic relationships. Theoretical and practical benefits of the CRI<sub>sbs</sub> coding system are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237183/pdf/nihms-1769154.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39882661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2019.1613740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2019.1613740","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14616734.2019.1613740","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40351745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taking perspective on attachment theory and research: nine fundamental questions.","authors":"Ross A Thompson, Jeffry A Simpson, Lisa J Berlin","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2022.2030132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2022.2030132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since its inception more than 50 years ago, attachment theory has become one of the most influential viewpoints in the behavioral sciences. What have we learned during this period about its fundamental questions? In this paper, we summarize the conclusions of an inquiry into this question involving more than 75 researchers. Each responded to one of nine \"fundamental questions\" in attachment theory. The questions concerned what constitutes an attachment relationship, how to measure the security of attachment, the nature and functioning of internal working models, stability and change in attachment security, the legacy of early attachment relationships, attachment and culture, responses to separation and loss, how attachment-based interventions work, and how attachment theory informs systems and services for children and families. Their responses revealed important areas of theoretical consensus but also surprising diversity on key questions, and significant areas of remaining inquiry. We discuss central challenges for the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39717499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parents' resolution of their child's diagnosis: A scoping review.","authors":"Efrat Sher-Censor, Ravit Shahar-Lahav","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2022.2034899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2022.2034899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This scoping review focused on parents' resolution of their reactions to receiving a diagnosis for their child, based on Marvin and Pianta's model and Reaction to Diagnosis Interview (RDI). We aimed to map the populations examined, the prevalence of parents' narrated resolution, and what is known about its outcomes and determinants. A structured search identified 47 peer-reviewed papers published between 1992-2021. All employed the RDI and most had a cross-sectional design. Studies focused on a wide range of children's health and mental health diagnoses. Days to years after receiving the diagnosis, RDI narratives of 18.43% to 72.49% of the parents (44% on average) indicated lack of resolution. Studies reported associations between unresolved narratives and children's insecure attachment, higher parenting stress, and poorer parental health. However, findings on the associations of narrated resolution with parents' representations of their child, sensitivity, and psychological symptoms were equivocal, and findings on factors that may shape narrated resolution were limited. To advance the understanding of parents' narrated resolution and its effects, we recommend researchers employ prospective and longitudinal designs, evaluate narrated resolution as a continuous phenomenon, focus on outcomes derived from attachment theory, and systematically sample families from heterogenous cultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39778535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lilly C Bendel-Stenzel, Danming An, Grazyna Kochanska
{"title":"Parent-child relationship and child anger proneness in infancy and attachment security at toddler age: a short-term longitudinal study of mother- and father-child dyads.","authors":"Lilly C Bendel-Stenzel, Danming An, Grazyna Kochanska","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.1976399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1976399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early parent-child relationship and child negative emotionality have both been studied as contributors to attachment security, but few studies have examined whether negative emotionality can moderate effects of parent-child relationship on security and whether the process is comparable across mother- and father-child dyads and different security measures. In 102 community families, we observed parent-child shared positive affect and infants' anger proneness at 7 months, and attachment security at 15 months, using observer-rated Attachment Q-Set (AQS) and a continuous measure derived from Strange Situation Paradigm (SSP). For mother-child dyads, high shared positive affect and low anger proneness were associated with AQS security. Those effects were qualified by their interaction: Variations in shared positive affect were associated with security only for relatively more anger-prone children. That effect reflected the diathesis-stress model. For father-child dyads, shared positive affect was associated with security. There were no effects for SSP security with either parent.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898988/pdf/nihms-1740115.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9967213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jane Kohlhoff, Lisa Karlov, Mark Dadds, Bryanne Barnett, Derrick Silove, Valsamma Eapen
{"title":"The contributions of maternal oxytocin and maternal sensitivity to infant attachment security.","authors":"Jane Kohlhoff, Lisa Karlov, Mark Dadds, Bryanne Barnett, Derrick Silove, Valsamma Eapen","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.2018472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.2018472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated links between maternal postnatal oxytocin, maternal sensitivity, and infant attachment security. At 3-months postpartum, participants (n=88) took part in a structured parent-infant interaction. Maternal oxytocin levels were assessed via blood, before and after the interaction. At 12-months postpartum, mother-child dyads completed the Strange Situation Procedure. Neither baseline oxytocin, oxytocin response, or maternal sensitivity were identified as significant independent predictors of infant attachment security or organisation. However, an interaction effect was identified, with higher maternal sensitivity being associated with secure infant attachment for mothers who showed an increase in oxytocin during parent-child interaction. Results indicate that maternal sensitivity, when accompanied by an increase in maternal oxytocin during parent-child interaction, is associated with the establishment of a positive early parent-child attachment relationship. This adds to the growing body of evidence highlighting maternal oxytocin response as a key adaptive process in the postpartum period.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39882660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Venta, Jeremy Bechelli, Johanna Bick, Trisha M Brewer, Danielle Boisvert, Jessica Wells, Richard H Lewis, Todd Armstrong
{"title":"Inflammatory and environmental contributions to social information processing.","authors":"Amanda Venta, Jeremy Bechelli, Johanna Bick, Trisha M Brewer, Danielle Boisvert, Jessica Wells, Richard H Lewis, Todd Armstrong","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.1985540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1985540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It appears that social information processing is negatively affected by inflammation, but extant research is primarily experimental and comes from laboratory-based manipulations of inflammatory states. We aimed to examine interactions between inflammation, stressful life events, and positive memories of childhood relations with parents in relation to social information processing in 201 adults. We hypothesized that increased inflammation and stressful life events would be associated with greater hostile social information processing, but that positive memories of childhood relations with parents would moderate both relations. Results indicated that high IL-6 levels and stressful life events were significantly associated with direct and hostile social information processing. Positive memories of childhood relations with parents attenuated the link between stressful life events and social information processing. Findings suggest that both immune function and environmental stressors are related to social information processing and that positive memories of childhood relations exert some buffering effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39499284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between Turkish incarcerated mothers' sensitivity and their co-residing children's attachment: The moderating role of children's temperament.","authors":"Zülal İşcanoğlu, Zehra Uçanok","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.1976446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1976446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the associations between incarcerated mothers' sensitivity and their co-residing children's attachment security. Furthermore, the moderating role of children's temperament on the associations between maternal sensitivity and children's attachment security was examined. The study sample consisted of 84 incarcerated mothers (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 29.9, <i>SD</i> = 5.6) and their 12- to 43-month-old (<i>M</i> = 25.3, <i>SD</i> = 8.3) children who co-resided with them in prison facilities. Maternal sensitivity and child's attachment were assessed by observation of mother-child interaction using the Maternal Sensitivity Scale and the Turkish Toddler Attachment Sort-60, respectively. Mothers reported their children's temperamental features (i.e. negative emotionality and effortful control) using the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed that maternal sensitivity was related positively to children's secure attachment and negatively to children's disorganized attachment. Furthermore, children's negative emotionality and effortful control moderated the associations between maternal sensitivity and children's attachment. Specifically, maternal sensitivity negatively predicted children's avoidant attachment only for children with low negative emotionality and with high effortful control. Additionally, maternal sensitivity negatively predicted children's anxious attachment only for children with low effortful control. Results are discussed in terms of sample-specific experiences, contextual factors, and the differential susceptibility hypothesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39431832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melitta Fischer-Kern, Anna Tmej, Andrea Naderer, Johannes Zimmermann, Tobias Nolte
{"title":"Failure to resolve loss and compromised mentalizing in female inpatients with major depressive disorder.","authors":"Melitta Fischer-Kern, Anna Tmej, Andrea Naderer, Johannes Zimmermann, Tobias Nolte","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.2015794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.2015794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attachment and mentalizing are central concepts in research on the etiology, course, and treatment of depression. The goal of this cross-sectional study was to clarify the unique value of these constructs in characterizing the presence, severity, and chronicity of depression. We examined 50 female inpatients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in comparison to 47 matched healthy controls regarding their attachment states of mind, mentalizing capacities, and clinical variables indicating depression severity and chronicity (e.g. illness duration, number of hospitalizations). In the group of depressed patients, unresolved attachment with regard to loss was significantly overrepresented. Dimensionally, patients were more disorganized and more insecure, whereas there was no difference on the dismissing-preoccupied dimension between the two groups. Mentalizing was significantly lower in patients than in healthy controls. Logistic regression analysis revealed attachment insecurity, mentalizing deficits, and unresolved loss to be incrementally relevant to predict MDD. Correlations with clinical parameters in the group of depressed patients showed positive associations between mentalizing deficits, attachment insecurity, and variables indicating illness chronicity. Our findings highlight the relevance of the inability to resolve or reappraise loss experiences in depressive states.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39760685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can the family drawing be a useful tool for assessing attachment representations in children? A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Cecilia Serena Pace, Stefania Muzi, Francesco Madera, Alessandra Sansò, Giulio Cesare Zavattini","doi":"10.1080/14616734.2021.1991664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1991664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the quality and validity of Family Drawings (FD) with an Attachment-Based Coding System in assessing attachment representations among pre-school and school-age children. A literature search in notable databases identified 645 records, of which 20 were eligible after screening and quality assessment. Results showed: 1) ABCD attachment distribution in community children was: 48% secure, 20% avoidant, 21% ambivalent, 11% disorganized. Security prevailed both in classifications and Fury et al.' scales. 2) No significant differences according to the cultural background; 3) At-risk/clinical children showed higher insecurity than community ones using scales; 4) Girls were more secure than boys. In conclusion, FD may be a culture-fair method to assess attachment representations in children. Global scales seem more reliable than ABCD classifications for discriminating at-risk and clinical children, but further studies on these groups are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8632,"journal":{"name":"Attachment & Human Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39671963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}