Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support by David Howe, Marion Brandon, Diana Hinings, Gillian Schofield

By David Howe, Marion Brandon, Diana Hinings, Gillian Schofield

This article deals a finished account of the way social developmental views and attachment conception can light up perform within the box of kid safeguard and kinfolk aid. Drawing widely all through on case examine fabric, the textual content strikes from an advent to the foremost theories to an in depth define of the most tools and approaches. It bargains a delicately built and systematically validated perform and evaluation version for pros during this zone and will be a beneficial source for college kids and pros alike.

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Chaos and helplessness mount, the self and the family disintegrate, and stories are ended, often abruptly, with no resolution. Adult Attachment Interview The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) is an hour-long semi-structured interview developed by Main and Goldwyn (1984–94) that explores Measuring attachment across the lifespan 37 people’s general descriptions of their attachment relationships in childhood, memories that either support or contradict the general descriptions, and descriptions of current relationships with parents and children (if they have any).

An insecure attachment is not in itself pathological, although children with an insecure attachment are at increased developmental risk, but only a risk, of some maladaptive and problem behaviours. Indeed, some personality characteristics associated with insecure attachments may be functional in certain situations, producing behaviours that may be valued and seen as appropriate. Projective story-telling In infancy, the only way to try to understand how the children are representing the availability of the mother and the worthiness of the self (the internal working model of attachment) is to observe their behaviour in various low-stress conditions.

As with child attachment classifications, adult attachment classifications are not a diagnosis. However, individuals showing insecure patterns cope less well with stress and difficulty. Security appears to confer some protection in the face of adversity. Caregiving behavioural system George (1996) suggests that internal working models formed in childhood continue to guide interactions into adulthood. When adults also become parents, the models guide their interactions with their own children. ’ For example, Fonagy et al.

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