Abstract 1. Presents partial findings on 5 patients, 2 of whom shifted to secure states of mind after 1 year of transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and 3 of whom did not. The authors also... more
Abstract 1. Presents partial findings on 5 patients, 2 of whom shifted to secure states of mind after 1 year of transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and 3 of whom did not. The authors also present findings on the use of the Patient-...
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Research Interests: Cognitive Science, Developmental Psychology, Foster Care, Infant Toddler Care, Attachment Theory, and 15 moreMedicine, Attachment Measures, Humans, Child Abuse, Female, Male, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Concordance, Age Factors, Adult Attachment Interview, Hierarchical Linear Model, Avoidance Learning, Child preschool, and Infant Care
... Dozier, Mary; Stovall-McClough, K. Chase; Albus, Kathleen E. Cassidy, Jude (Ed); Shaver, Phillip R. (Ed), (2008). Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd ed.), (pp. 718-744). New York, NY, US: Guilford... more
... Dozier, Mary; Stovall-McClough, K. Chase; Albus, Kathleen E. Cassidy, Jude (Ed); Shaver, Phillip R. (Ed), (2008). Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd ed.), (pp. 718-744). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press, xix, 1020 pp. Abstract. If we were to ...
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Research Interests: Psychology, Social Support, Treatment Outcome, Risk assessment, Medicine, and 15 moreCounseling, Humans, Child, Behavior Therapy, Female, Cognitive Therapy, American, Interpersonal Relations, Adult, Randomized Controlled Trial, Risk Assessment, American J of Psychiatry, Implosive therapy, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, and Medical and Health Sciences
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Research Interests: Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Personality Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, and 13 moreAttachment Theory, Medicine, Psychoanalytic Theory, Attachment Measures, Mentalization, Humans, Female, Male, Clinic, Psychotherapist, Adult, Object Attachment, and professional patient relations
Research Interests: Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Sexual Abuse, Consulting, and 15 moreMedicine, Dissociation, Humans, Child, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Coping, Child Abuse, Female, Dissociative disorders, Middle Aged, Questionnaires, Adult, Adult Attachment Interview, Object Attachment, and Conflict Psychology
Young children in foster care have often experienced inadequate early care and separations from caregivers. Preclinical studies suggest that early inadequate care and separations are associated with long-term changes in regulation of the... more
Young children in foster care have often experienced inadequate early care and separations from caregivers. Preclinical studies suggest that early inadequate care and separations are associated with long-term changes in regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In this study, the daytime pattern of cortisol production was examined among 55 young children who had been placed into foster care and 104 children who had not. Saliva samples were taken at wake-up, in the afternoon, and bedtime for 2 days. Average salivary cortisol values for each time of day were computed. A group (foster vs. comparison) time (morning, afternoon, night) interaction emerged, reflecting less decline in levels across the day for foster than comparison children. Daytime patterns were categorized as typical, low, or high. Children who had been in foster care had higher incidences of atypical patterns of cortisol production than children who had not. These differences suggest that conditions associated with foster care interfere with children’s ability to regulate neuroendocrine functioning.
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This study investigated the development of attachment relationships in 38 foster infant-caregiver dyads over the first 2 months of placement. We used the Parent Attachment Diary to measure foster infants' daily attachment behaviors,... more
This study investigated the development of attachment relationships in 38 foster infant-caregiver dyads over the first 2 months of placement. We used the Parent Attachment Diary to measure foster infants' daily attachment behaviors, the Adult Attachment Interview to examine foster parents' attachment states of mind, and Ainsworth's Strange Situation to capture attachment classifications. We examined differences in diary scales (secure, avoidant, resistant, and coherence) as they related to age at placement and foster parent attachment, using hierarchical linear modeling and analyses of variance. The results indicated infants with autonomous foster parents and infants placed at younger ages showed higher early and overall levels of secure behavior, less avoidant behavior, and more coherent attachment strategies compared to infants placed with nonautonomous foster parents. Changes in attachment behaviors over time were not predicted by the models; however, there was a sign...
Research Interests: Cognitive Science, Parenting, Personality Assessment, Foster Care, Infant Toddler Care, and 15 moreHumans, Minority Groups, Child Abuse, Female, Male, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Age Factors, Adult Attachment Interview, Hierarchical Linear Model, Object Attachment, Avoidance Learning, Child preschool, Mother child relations, and Infant Care
Bowlby (1969/1982, 1973, 1980) proposed a model of development with clearly articulated implications for psychopathology. According to this model, an infant’s formation of an attachment to a caregiver is a key developmental task that... more
Bowlby (1969/1982, 1973, 1980) proposed a model of development with clearly articulated implications for psychopathology. According to this model, an infant’s formation of an attachment to a caregiver is a key developmental task that influences not only the child’s representations of self and other, but also strategies for processing attachmentrelated thoughts and feelings. Attachment-related events, such as loss and abuse, lead to modifications in these internal representations and affect a child’s strategies for processing thoughts and feelings. Bowlby (1973, 1980) suggested that when children develop negative representations of themselves or others, or when they adopt strategies for processing attachment-related thoughts and feelings that compromise realistic appraisals, they become more vulnerable to psychopathology. In this chapter, we consider how the quality of an infant’s attachment to his or her caregiver, subsequent attachment-related experiences, and concurrently assessed...
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If we were to limit our discussion in this chapter to evidence linking attachment behavioral strategies in infancy with adult psychopathology, this would be a relatively brief chapter. The evidence specifically linking infants'... more
If we were to limit our discussion in this chapter to evidence linking attachment behavioral strategies in infancy with adult psychopathology, this would be a relatively brief chapter. The evidence specifically linking infants' attachment behavioral strategies to psychopathology in adulthood is limited to a few longitudinal studies. In this chapter, therefore, we cast our net more broadly, looking at associations between attachment-relevant events in childhood and later psychopathology. In addition, we examine the association between concurrently assessed attachment states of mind and psychopathology. We limit our consideration of attachment states of mind to Main and colleagues' (Main & Goldwyn, 1984; Main et al, 2003) formulation and operationalization. Although the constructs of "attachment style" (Hazan & Shaver, 1987, 1994) and "attachment states of mind" share a conceptual framework, there are key differences that lead to different operationalizatio...
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1. Presents partial findings on 5 patients, 2 of whom shifted to secure states of mind after 1 year of transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and 3 of whom did not. The authors also present... more
1. Presents partial findings on 5 patients, 2 of whom shifted to secure states of mind after 1 year of transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and 3 of whom did not. The authors also present findings on the use of the Patient-...