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Internal Structure of the Reflective Functioning Scale
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Taubner, Svenja; Horz, Susanne; Fischer-Kern, Melitta; Doering, Stephan; Buchheim, Anna; Zimmermann, Johannes – Psychological Assessment, 2013
The Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS) was developed to assess individual differences in the ability to mentalize attachment relationships. The RFS assesses mentalization from transcripts of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). A global score is given by trained coders on an 11-point scale ranging from antireflective to exceptionally reflective.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences, Adults
Discriminant Validity of the Adult Attachment Interview.
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Crowell, Judith A.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined discriminant validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) vis-a-vis intelligence, social desirability, discourse style, and general social adjustment. Subjects were 53 native-English-speaking, married women with preschool children. Found modest but significant correlations between IQ scores and social adjustment. Found no relation…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Intelligence Quotient, Mothers, Social Adjustment
Attachment Representations of Deaf Adults
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McKinnon, Cathy Chovaz; Moran, Greg; Pederson, David – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2004
The primary goal of this study was to examine the feasibility of using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) with 50 culturally deaf adults. Modifications to the standard protocol included using a visual-spatial language (American Sign Language) rather than a spoken language (English), as well as coding and procedural variations from the…
Descriptors: Deafness, Adults, Attachment Behavior, Interviews
The Prototype Hypothesis and the Origins of Attachment Working Models: Adult Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners.
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Owens, Gretchen; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Used Current Relationship Interview (CRI) to examine correspondence between adults' models of their current love relationships and generalized attachment models accessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Found that early experience influences later relationships, but little support for the idea that a working model formed by caregiver-child…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Early Experience
Parental Attachment and Children's Socio-emotional Development: Some Findings on the Validity of the Adult Attachment Interview in the Netherlands.
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van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
The validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), and its relation to toddlers' social and emotional adaptation, were investigated. The AAI and the Parental Bonding Instrument were related, but only the AAI yielded classifications that corresponded to the quality of infant-parent attachment. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries