Understanding attachment and attachment disorders : theory, evidence and practice / Vivien Prior and Danya Glaser.

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Prior, Vivien

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Child and adolescent mental health seriesPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.Description: 288 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1843102455 (pbk.)
9781843102458 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

618.92 PRI

Contents:

Introduction -- What is attachment? -- The classifications of attachment -- What are the factors influencing attachment organization (and disorganisation)? -- Affectional bonds and attachment figures -- Is attachment theory valid across cultures? -- Introduction -- Assessments of attachment -- Assessments of caregiving -- Which domains of functioning are hypothesised to be correlated with attachement and what are the possible pathways of its influence? -- Evidence for correlations between attachment security/insecurity and the child\'s functioning -- Two versions of attachment disorder -- Research on attachment disorder - The nature of attachment disorder -- Introduction -- Evidence-based interventions : enhancing caregiver sensitivity -- Evidence-based interventions : change of caregiver -- Interventions with no evidence base -- Conclusions regarding interventions.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders.

In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and the applicability of attachment theory across cultures. Part Two presents the various instruments used to assess attachment and caregiving. Part Three outlines the influence of attachment security on the child's functioning. Part Four examines the poorly understood phenomenon of attachment disorder. Presenting the evidence of scientific research, the authors reveal how attachment disorders may be properly conceptualised. Referring to some of the wilder claims made about attachment disorder, they argue for a disciplined, scientific approach that is grounded in both attachment theory and the evidence base. The final part is an overview of evidence-based interventions designed to help individuals form secure attachments.

Summarising the existing knowledge base in accessible language, this is a comprehensive reference book for professionals including social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, lawyers and researchers. Foster and adoptive parents, indeed all parents, and students will also find it of interest.

\'The Royal College of Psychiatrists\'s Research and Training Unit.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 Introduction (p. 9)
Part 1 Attachment and Caregiving
2 What is Attachment? (p. 15)
An evolutionary perspective (p. 16)
The attachment behavioural system (p. 17)
Activation and termination of attachment behaviour (p. 17)
The development of attachment (p. 18)
Internal working models of attachment representations (p. 21)
Interplay between attachment and other behavioural systems (p. 21)
The exploratory behavioural system and the secure base (p. 22)
A safe or secure have (p. 22)
Summary (p. 23)
3 The Classifications of Attachment (p. 24)
Organised attachments (p. 25)
Disorganised attachment (p. 27)
From disorganised to controlling attachment behaviour (p. 29)
An alternative classification (p. 30)
The distribution of attachment patterns (p. 30)
Stability or predictability of attachment patterns (p. 32)
Summary (p. 36)
4 What are the Factors Influencing Attachment Organisation (and Disorganisation)? (p. 38)
The contribution of caregiving to attachment organisation (p. 38)
What is caregiving? (p. 38)
Empirical evidence for the role of the caregiver in determining organisation (or disorganisation) of attachment security (p. 41)
The role of the child's temperament and genetic factors in influencing attachment organisation (p. 46)
Temperament factors (p. 46)
Attachment and autism (p. 47)
Specific genes (p. 48)
The intergenerational transmission of attachment (p. 49)
The link between parental state of mind with respect to attachment and infant security (p. 50)
The link between parental state of mind with respect to attachment and parental sensitive responsiveness (B) (p. 51)
The link between parental sensitive responsiveness and infant attachment security (C) (p. 52)
The transmission gap (p. 52)
Bridging the transmission gap (p. 53)
Summary (p. 55)
5 Affectional Bonds and Attachment Figures (p. 56)
What are affectional bonds? (p. 56)
How is an attachment figure defined? (p. 59)
Are professional child-carers attachment figures? (p. 60)
How are the representations of multiple attachment figures structured? (p. 63)
Summary (p. 69)
6 Is Attachment Theory Valid across Cultures? (p. 71)
Ainsworth's Uganda study (p. 71)
The Gusii of Kenya (p. 72)
The Dogon of Mali (p. 72)
The Israeli Kibbutzim (p. 73)
The Hausa of Nigeria (p. 74)
The !Kung San of Botswana (p. 75)
The Efe or Pygmies of Zambia (p. 75)
The academic debate (p. 75)
Comments (p. 77)
Summary (p. 81)
Part 2 Assessments of Attachment and Caregiving
7 Introduction (p. 85)
Attachment (p. 85)
Caregiving (p. 86)
Structure for presentation of assessments (p. 87)
Glossary of research and statistical terms (p. 89)
8 Assessments of Attachment (p. 96)
Assessments of attachment based on observation of the child's behaviour (p. 96)
Separation-reunion procedure (p. 96)
Q-sort methodology (p. 105)
Assessments of attachment based on the child's internal working model/representation (p. 109)
Picture response tasks (p. 109)
Narrative Story Stem techniques (NSSTs) (p. 113)
Interview techniques (p. 124)
9 Assessments of Caregiving (p. 139)
Assessments based on observations of caregiving (p. 139)
Maternal Sensitivity Scales (p. 139)
The CARE-Index (p. 143)
Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification (AMBIANCE) (p. 145)
Caregiver Behavior Classification System (p. 147)
Assessments/ measures of caregiving based on the caregiver's internal working model/ representation of caregiving or relationship with the child (p. 150)
Parent Development Interview (PDI) (p. 150)
Experiences of Caregiving Interview (p. 152)
Part 3 Correlates of Attachment Organisation with Functioning
10 Which Domains of Functioning are Hypothesised to be Correlated with Attachment and What are the Possible Pathways of its Influence? (p. 159)
Which domains of functioning are hypothesised to be correlated with attachment? (p. 160)
What are the possible pathways of the influence of attachment? (p. 161)
Summary (p. 165)
11 Evidence for Correlations between Attachment Security/Insecurity and the Child's Functioning (p. 166)
Research issues (p. 166)
The evidence (p. 168)
Summary (p. 179)
Part 4 What is Attachment Disorder?
12 Two Versions of Attachment Disorder (p. 183)
International classifications (p. 183)
Another version (p. 184)
Summary (p. 187)
13 Research on Attachment Disorder (p. 188)
Issues regarding research methods (p. 188)
The evidence (p. 189)
Young children in residential nurseries in the UK and their later development (p. 190)
Children from Romanian orphanages adopted in Canada (p. 195)
Deprived children from Romania adopted in the UK (p. 200)
Children living in residential nurseries in Bucharest (p. 206)
US children in high-risk populations and maltreated children (p. 212)
Summary (p. 216)
14 The Nature of Attachment Disorder (p. 218)
No discriminated attachment figure (p. 218)
The nature of the difference between inhibited and disinhibited RAD (p. 220)
Alternative criteria for disorders of attachment (p. 223)
Disorganised and inhibited RAD (p. 225)
Reactive attachment disorder in children over the age of 5? (p. 225)
Summary (p. 227)
Part 5 Attachment Theory-based Interventions (and Some that are Not)
15 Introduction (p. 231)
16 Evidence-based Interventions: Enhancing Caregiver Sensitivity (p. 233)
Bakermans-Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn and Juffer (2003) 'Less is more: meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood' (p. 234)
Cohen et al. (1999) 'Watch, wait and wonder: testing the effectiveness of a new approach to mother-infant psychotherapy' (p. 239)
van den Boom (1994) 'The influence of temperament and mothering on attachment and exploration: an experimental manipulation of sensitive responsiveness among lower-class mothers with irritable infants' (p. 241)
van den Boom (1995) 'Do first-year intervention effects endure? Follow-up during toddlerhood of a sample of Dutch irritable infants' (p. 242)
Benoit et al. (2001) 'Atypical maternal behavior toward feeding-disordered infants before and after intervention' (p. 243)
Toth et al. (2002) 'The relative efficacy of two interventions in altering maltreated preschool children's representational models: implications for attachment theory' (p. 245)
Marvin et al. (2002) 'The Circle of Security project: attachment-based intervention with caregiver-preschool dyads' (p. 248)
Summary (p. 250)
17 Evidence-based Interventions: Change of Caregiver (p. 252)
Rushton and Mayes (1997) 'Forming fresh attachments in childhood: a research update' (p. 252)
Dozier et al. (2001) 'Attachment for infants in foster care: the role of caregiver state of mind' (p. 254)
Steele et al. (2003a) 'Attachment representations and adoption: associations between maternal states of mind and emotion narratives in previously maltreated children' (p. 256)
Hodges et al. Changes in attachment representations over the first year (Hodges et al. 2003b) and second year (Hodges et al. 2005) of adoptive placement: narratives of maltreated children (p. 258)
Summary (p. 260)
18 Interventions with No Evidence Base (p. 261)
Direct intervention with the child (p. 261)
'Attachment therapy' (p. 262)
19 Conclusions Regarding Interventions (p. 267)
References (p. 269)
Subject Index (p. 281)
Author Index (p. 286)
About FOCUS (p. 288)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Contents: 1. Introduction. Part One: Attachment and Caregiving. 2. What is Attachment? 3. The Classifications of Attachment. 4. What are the Factors Influencing Attachment Organisation (and Disorganisation)? 5. Affectional Bonds and Attachment Figures. 6. Is Attachment Theory Valid across Cultures? Part Two: Assessments of Attachment and Caregiving. 7. Introduction. 8. Assessments of Attachment. 9. Assessments of Caregiving. Part Three: Correlates of Attachment Organisation with Functioning. 10. Which Domains of Functioning are Hypothesised to be Correlated with Attachment and What are the Possible Pathways of its Influence? 11. Evidence for Correlations between Attachment Security/Insecurity and the Child's Functioning. Part Four: What is Attachment Disorder? 12. Two Versions of Attachment Disorder. 13. Research on Attachment Disorder. 14. The Nature of Attachment Disorder. Part Five: Attachment Theory-based Interventions (and Some that are Not). 15. Introduction. 16. Evidence-based Interventions: Enhancing Caregiver Sensitivity. 17. Evidence-based Interventions: Change of Caregiver. 18. Interventions with No Evidence Base. 19. Conclusions Regarding Interventions. References. Index. About FOCUS.