Continuity and discontinuity of attachment patterns: A short-term longitudinal pilot study using a sample of late-adopted children and their adoptive mothers
Continuity and discontinuity of attachment patterns: A short-term longitudinal pilot study using a sample of late-adopted children and their adoptive mothers
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DOI：
10.1080/14616734.2012.636658
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
D'Alessio, M.
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作者：
Pace, C. S.;Zavattini, G. C.;D'Alessio, M.
这项研究分析了28名最近收养的儿童(在他们4到7岁时被收养)和他们的养母的依恋模式。对儿童安置后7至8个月内内部工作模式的变化进行了评估。此外，我们想要观察安全自主的母亲心理状态在促进儿童IWM变化方面的影响，以及在收养二元组中母亲的IWM与儿童的IWM之间的可能联系。采用分离-团聚程序(SRP)对后领养儿童的依恋行为模式进行评估，采用曼彻斯特儿童依恋故事任务(MCAST)对其依恋叙事模式进行评估。这些养母完成了成人依恋访谈(AAI)，以便对她们关于依恋的心理状态进行分类。结果表明，最近收养的儿童的依恋行为模式发生了显著变化，从不安全到安全(p=0.002)。此外，呈现这一变化的儿童主要被安排在安全自主的养母那里(p=.047)，尽管养母对其依恋历史的陈述与其领养子女完整的叙述之间的联系并不显著。总而言之，似乎有可能修改最近收养的儿童的依恋行为，但对于大约三分之一的儿童来说，不良历史将在叙事/表征层面上持续存在。
This study analysed the attachment patterns of 28 late-adopted children (placed when they were between four and seven years of age) and their adoptive mothers. The change in the children's internal working models (IWMs) within seven to eight months of their placement was evaluated. In addition, we wanted to observe the influence of a secure-autonomous maternal state of mind in facilitating the change in the children's IWMs and the possible associations between the maternal IWMs and the children's IWMs in the adoptive dyads. The separation-reunion procedure (SRP) was used for the late-adopted children in order to assess their attachment behavioural patterns, and the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) was used to evaluate their attachment narrative patterns. The adoptive mothers completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) in order to classify their state of mind with regard to attachment. The results showed a significant change in the attachment behavioural patterns of late-adopted children, from insecure to secure (p = .002). Furthermore, the children who presented this change were predominantly placed with secure-autonomous adoptive mothers (p = .047), although the link between the adoptive mothers' representations of their attachment history and their adopted children's completed narratives was not significant. In conclusion, it seems possible to revise the attachment behaviour of late-adopted children but, for about one-third of children, the adverse history will persist at a narrative/representational level.