Shedding light on the specificity of school-aged children's attachment narratives

Attachment & Human Development
Jessica L BorelliYael Shmueli-Goetz

Abstract

A prominent research tradition within the field of attachment involves analyzing relationship narratives for qualities thought to reveal important information regarding the organization of attachment, and the different ways in which attachment insecurity presents. Researchers increasingly use this method to assess attachment in middle childhood, but further work needs to be conducted with respect to the divergent validity of attachment narratives in this age range. Thus, the current study examined differential associations between children's discursive style and linguistic behavior when completing an attachment interview (Child Attachment Interview [CAI]) and Non-Relational Interview (NRI). In addition, the discriminant validity of attachment narratives was assessed in predicting children's physiological reactivity to a relational challenge. Children (N = 125) completed the NRI and the CAI at Time 1. A subset of the original sample (n = 64) completed another assessment 1.5 years later involving simulated non-relational and relational challenges. While narrative coherence was moderately associated across the two interviews, CAI narrative coherence uniquely predicted reactivity to a relational probe. We discuss implications for u...Continue Reading

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Dec 14, 2017·Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53·Jessica L BorelliCarla Sharp
Jun 25, 2018·Developmental Psychobiology·Stassja SichkoHannah F Rasmussen
Mar 30, 2017·Frontiers in Psychology·Antonella Privizzini
Aug 14, 2021·Frontiers in Psychology·Karin EnsinkJessica L Borelli

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enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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Word Count analysis ( LIWC
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