ATTACHMENT SECURITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
ATTACHMENT SECURITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579400004569
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发表时间：
1994-03-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
MUNDY, P
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作者：
CAPPS, L;SIGMAN, M;MUNDY, P
19名自闭症儿童接受了安斯沃思奇异状况的改良版本的检查。15名儿童的依恋安全感可以归类。这些儿童中的每一个都表现出杂乱无章的依恋模式，但几乎一半(40%)的儿童被细分为安全依恋。为了评估依恋分类的有效性，在一个单独的互动中观察了儿童和他们的母亲。被细分为安全依恋的孩子的母亲比被细分为不安全依恋的孩子的母亲表现出更高的敏感性。被细分为安全依恋的儿童比被细分为不安全依恋的儿童更频繁地与母亲进行社交互动。对有安全子分类和不安全子分类的儿童进行比较，以考察依恋组织与表征能力和社会-情绪理解之间的相关性。尽管有潜在安全依恋的儿童不太可能发起联合注意，但他们比被细分为不安全依恋的儿童更容易对联合注意的请求做出反应，提出更频繁的请求，并表现出更强的接受性语言能力。讨论的焦点集中在可能导致自闭症儿童依恋组织的个体差异的动态因素，以及我们对正常和病理发展的理解进步之间的相互关系。
Nineteen autistic children were examined in a modified version of Ainsworth's Strange Situation. The attachment security of 15 children could be classified. Each of these children displayed disorganized attachment patterns, but almost half (40%) of them were subclassified as securely attached. To assess the validity of the attachment classifications, children and their mothers were observed in a separate interaction. Mothers of children who were subclassified as securely attached displayed greater sensitivity than mothers of children who were subclassified as insecurely attached. Children who were subclassified as securely attached more frequently initiated social interaction with their mothers than did children who were subclassified as insecurely attached. Children with secure and insecure subclassifications were compared to investigate correlations between attachment organization and representational ability and social-emotional understanding. Although children with underlying secure attachments were no more likely to initiate joint attention, they were more responsive to bids for joint attention, made requests more frequently, and demonstrated greater receptive language ability than children subclassified as insecurely attached. Discussion focuses on dynamics that may contribute to individual differences in the attachment organization of autistic children and on the reciprocal relationship between advances in our understanding of normal and pathological development.