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The Child Attachment Interview: A Psychometric Study of Reliability and Discriminant Validity
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Shmueli-Goetz, Yael; Target, Mary; Fonagy, Peter; Datta, Adrian – Developmental Psychology, 2008
While well-established attachment measures have been developed for infancy, early childhood, and adulthood, a "measurement gap" has been identified in middle childhood, where behavioral or representational measures are not yet sufficiently robust. This article documents the development of a new measure--the Child Attachment Interview…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Test Validity, Interrater Reliability, Attachment Behavior
A Psychometric Study of the Adult Attachment Interview: Reliability and Discriminant Validity.
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Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Examined the validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) measure by interviewing 83 mothers twice over 2 months, using different interviewers on each occasion. The results indicated that the reliability of the AAI classifications was quite high over time and across interviewers. The AAI classifications were independent of nonattachment…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Examiners, Interrater Reliability, Mothers
Attachment Security in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.
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Mangelsdorf, Sarah C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Compared 34 infants of very low birth weight (VLBW) and 40 full-term infants, using Ainsworth's Strange Situation procedure and Waters' Attachment Q-Set. Found that, at 14 months, VLBW infants were more likely than full-term infants to be insecurely attached when rated using the Q-Set but not when using the Strange Situation. (MDM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Attitude Measures, Birth Weight
Attachment-based Assessments of Parent-Child Relationships in Middle Childhood.
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Kerns, Kathryn A.; Tomich, Patricia L.; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E.; Contreras, Josefina M. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined validity of attachment-based measures of parent-child relationships designed for 9- to 12-year-olds. Measures included self-reports of perceptions of security and avoidant and preoccupied coping, a projective interview assessing attachment state of mind, parents' reports of willingness to serve as an attachment figure, and ratings of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Children, Coping, Cross Sectional Studies