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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Attachment representations"”.
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Caregiver attachment representations and caregiver-child interactions in adoptive and foster dyads.
… relationship between child-specific caregiver attachment representations as measured by the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) and the quality of caregiver-child interactions using the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) in a sample of adopted and foster children (aged 2 ½-9) and their …
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The association between attachment-related trauma and adult representations of attachment and the role of maternal mental health
… longstanding theoretical associations in the attachment literature between early experiences of trauma, unresolved attachment representations, and mental health symptoms, few studies have explored associations between these variables, and findings amongst current studies are inconsistent. This …
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The Development, Psychometric Analyses and Correlates of a New Self-Report Measure on Disorganization and Role Reversal
… of childhood disorganized and controlling attachment. The current research project aimed to fill this gap by developing a convenient self-report measure, the Childhood Disorganization and Role Reversal Scale (CDRR: Meier & Bureau, 2012), which comprehensively assesses for the complexity of …
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Maternal Secure Base Scripts, Mother -Child Conversations, and Preschool Children's Attachment Security: A Comparison of *American and Korean Mothers and Their Children
Attachment theory has provided an effective tool for examining early socioemotional and personality development. Caregiver sensitivity and responsiveness have shown to be crucial in forming a secure attachment relationship during the sensorimotor period. As children enter the preschool period, …
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Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Eating Disorders: Exploration of AAT through the lens of Attachment and Affect Regulation
… research investigated the connection between attachment, affect regulation, eating disorders and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), a connection that has not previously been examined. The conceptual lenses for this research identified eating disorders as one of many possible examples of …
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Children's mental representations of attachment: associations with attachment security and parent-child narrative quality
… antecedents and correlates of children’s mental representations of attachment at 5 years (Attachment Story Completion Task, Bretherton, Ridgeway, & Cassidy, 1990; MacArthur Story Stem Battery, Bretherton, Oppenheim, Buchsbaum, Emde, & the MacArthur Narrative Group, 1990). Predictors included …
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Attachment Self-report Questionnaires : Refining the Method
<p>Attachment theory defines attachment as a context-specific behavioral system (Bowlby, 1969). Specifically, attachment behaviors and cognition become activated when an individual is in an environment that is anxiety provoking or stressful and they cease when that individual obtains relief from …
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Social cognition in childhood: The relationships between Attachmnet-related representations, Theory of Mind and Peer Popularity
… the perspective of children’s theory of mind and attachment theory have been significant in shaping our understanding of social cognitive processes and individual differences in social competence. However, because research on these constructs derives from largely separate research perspectives, it …
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The influence of child attachment security, dietary consumption, and household chaos on executive function
… dietary consumption. Children with more secure attachment representations (Menon et al., 2020) and who eat more healthy foods instead of snack foods or processed meats have been found to have more optimal EF abilities (Cohen et al., 2016; Isaacs & Oates, 2008). Literature has also shown that …
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The function of attachment in first episode psychosis: a theoretical integration and clinical investigation
… - Introduction: The thesis explores the value of attachment theory as a framework for understanding the onset of, and adaptation to the experience of psychosis. The first section of the thesis establishes the clinical and theoretical context from which this line of enquiry arises, starting with a …