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The Relation of Attachment Status, Psychiatric Classification, and Response to Psychotherapy.
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Fonagy, Peter; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Studied the relation of patterns of attachment and psychiatric status in 82 nonpsychotic inpatients and 85 case-matched controls using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Preliminary outcome results suggest that individuals rated as dismissing on the AAI are more likely to show improvements in psychotherapy. Discusses other findings. (KW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Standards, Classification
Parents' Attachment Histories and Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors: Exploring Family Systems Models of Linkage.
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Cowan, Philip A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examines the relationship between parental attachment histories and child externalizing and internalizing behaviors. The Adult Attachment Interview was given to 27 mothers and fathers with children 3.5 years old. Models that included fathers' attachment histories predicted more variance in kindergarten teachers' descriptions of children's…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Children, Dependency (Personality), Emotional Development
Adult Attachment Classification and Self-Reported Psychiatric Symptomalogy as Assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
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Pianta, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined differences in self-reported psychiatric symptomatology on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 according to the Adult Attachment Interview in first-time mothers from a high-risk poverty sample. Different symptom patterns were consistent with adult attachment status as an index of self-representation and as a set of…
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development
Attachment Processes in Eating Disorder and Depression.
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Cole-Detke, Holland; Kobak, Roger – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examines the relationship between attachment strategies and symptom reporting among college women (N=61). The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered and interview transcripts were rated with the Attachment Interview Q-Sort. Findings support the hypothesis that secondary or defensive attachment strategies predispose individuals toward…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders
Attachment Organization and History of Suicidal Behavior in Clinical Adolescents.
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Adam, Kenneth S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Adolescents in psychiatric treatment (N=133) participated in a case-comparison study investigating the association of attachment patterns with a history of suicidal behaviors. Attachment patterns were assessed using the Adult Attachment Interview. In accordance with definitions provided in the scoring system, 86% of case and 78% of comparison…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders
Attachment Representations in Mothers, Fathers, Adolescents, and Clinical Groups: A Meta-analytic Search for Normative Data.
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van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
This meta-analysis on 33 studies, including more than 2,000 Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications, presents distributions of AAI classifications in samples of nonclinical fathers and mothers, in adolescents, in samples from different cultures, and in clinical groups. Fathers, adolescents, and participants from different countries show…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Standards