Reviews and critiques three self-report measures of parent-adolescent attachment (Parental Bonding Instrument, Parental Attachment Questionnaire, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment) and three self-report measures of parent-adolescent separation-individuation (Psychological Separation Inventory, Personal Authority in the Family System…

Reviews literature on attachment process between adopted children and their mothers. Explains empirical research in relation to Bowlby's theoretical formulation of attachment, basic thesis of which is that infants develop affectional bonds at specific ages of their development and, therefore, child's age at time of adoption is important…

Attempted to replicate findings of a previous study which found that mother-toddler interaction during problem solving was related to the child's prior attachment security. Examined the relationship between problem-solving interactions on the one hand, and mother-child interactions at home and infant temperament on the other. (PCB)

Self-report data from 157 college students show that, in general, more secure attachments were positively related to support-seeking and active problem-solving coping styles and to females', but not males', tendency to explain hypothetical successes and failures in a positive or self-enhancing manner. Sex differences in security of attachments are…

Assesses the relationship of parental attachment and gender to appraisals of conflict with parents in an effort to clarify the psychological mechanisms that mediate the relationship between attachment and psychological well being. Students' gender and level of parental attachment may be systematically related to how parental conflicts are…

Describes four studies leading to development of the Perceptions of Parents (POP) measure. POP can be completed by adolescents even if they do not have contact with a parent. Psychometric properties are described. Two factors, positive affect and negative affect, emerged; scores are related to adolescents' psychological adjustment. (Author/EMK)

Defends attachment theory and its relation to parental investment. Misunderstandings of the rationale for Parental Investment in the Child Questionnaire (PIC) and the measurement of attitudes in Sharon Hays's article are discussed. Parental and cultural issues are discussed with particular attention to data on fathers and applicability across…

Study uses the consensual qualitative-research method to address questions about therapists' perceptions of transference in long-term therapy: How does transference operate? How is transference dealt with and resolved? What problems do therapists encounter with transference? Findings suggest that transference operated in a complex manner for…

Prospective longitudinal study examined continuity in infants' experience to attachment representations at 18 years. Found that adults with dismissing representations had received less sensitive maternal care than adults with secure or preoccupied representations. Adverse life events through age 12, especially parental divorce, reduced likelihood…

Examined three components of the attachment-transmission model in 48 kibbutz dyads from communal and home-based sleeping arrangements. Found that security of infants' attachment relations and autonomy of mothers' attachment representations were associated with higher emotional availability scores. Poorer emotional availability was found in dyads…

Interviewed foster and biological mothers regarding understanding of children's insecure attachment strategies and knowledge of foster-care issues. Found that foster mothers reported more attachment-related difficulties with foster children than did biological mothers with their natural children. Foster and biological mothers did not differ in…

Offers a framework for understanding how early separation and maltreatment affect infants' ability to securely rely on a foster parent. Argues that disruptions in primary attachment relationships, combined with maltreatment, place these infants at risk for insecure or disorganized attachments to foster parents. Maintains that foster parents need…

Investigates the relationship between the severity of childhood trauma and proneness to victimization in adulthood in a sample of 155 Australian women. A tendency for both violent and non-violent revictimization was found. Findings suggest that some coping styles mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and victimization in childhood,…

Links the developmental-familial implications of parental alcoholism with the individuation process. Suggests a developmental agenda for understanding adolescents, summarizes the literature on children of alcoholism, and focuses on elements of individuation which have relevance to children from alcoholic families. Looks at the concepts of physical…

Notes that "Handbook" presents 10 topics related to attachment interventions, including attachment disorders as an antecedent to violence, ADHD treatment, permanency planning, and adoption. Maintains that the handbook's tone and style varies from the highly practical to the broadly philosophical although the specific professional…