Infant attachment, adult attachment, and maternal sensitivity: revisiting the intergenerational transmission gap
Infant attachment, adult attachment, and maternal sensitivity: revisiting the intergenerational transmission gap
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DOI：
10.1080/14616734.2016.1167095
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Bahm, Naomi I. Gribneau
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作者：
Behrens, Kazuko Y.;Haltigan, John D.;Bahm, Naomi I. Gribneau
本研究采用成人依恋访谈（AAI）、陌生情境程序（SSP）和母亲行为Q集（MBQS）对依恋的代际传递进行了研究。我们重新审视了依恋理论和研究中的基本问题：（1）母亲依恋表征和婴儿依恋安全性之间的代际一致性水平，以及（2）母亲敏感性是否作为成人和婴儿依恋安全性之间的代际中介。与早期的代际研究一致，母亲的敏感性仅部分介导了AAI-SSP的联系，表明传递差距仍然存在。与最近的调解研究一致，使用更现代的分析技术，证实了母体敏感性介导AAI安全性和SSP安全性之间的直接途径。因此，传输差距似乎有所不同，这取决于用于测量调解的统计方法。事后分析考虑了母亲的童年分居/离婚经历，这有助于理解代际不匹配。
This study investigated the intergenerational transmission of attachment, utilizing the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), and the Maternal Behavioral Q-Set (MBQS). We revisited fundamental questions in attachment theory and research by examining: (1) the level of intergenerational agreement between maternal attachment representations and infant attachment security, and (2) whether maternal sensitivity serves as an intergenerational mediator between adult and infant attachment security. Significant categorical matches between the AAI and the SSP as well as mean differences for MBQS scores between adult attachment secure-insecure groups were found. Consistent with earlier intergenerational research, maternal sensitivity only partially mediated the AAI-SSP link, indicating the transmission gap remains. Consistent with recent mediation studies, using more contemporary analytical techniques, it was confirmed that maternal sensitivity did mediate the direct pathway between AAI security and SSP security. Thus, the transmission gap appears somewhat different depending on the statistical method used to measure mediation. Post hoc analyses considered mothers' childhood experiences of separation/divorce and this helped make sense of intergenerational mismatches.