Bakkum, Lianne;
Verhage, Marije L;
Schuengel, Carlo;
Duschinsky, Robbie;
Cornelisz, Ilja;
van Klaveren, Chris;
van IJzendoorn, Marinus H;
... Behrens, Kazuko; + view all
(2022)
Exploring the meaning of unresolved loss and trauma in more than 1,000 Adult Attachment Interviews.
Development and Psychopathology
, Article PII S0954579421001735. 10.1017/S0954579421001735.
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Abstract
Unresolved states of mind regarding experiences of loss/abuse (U/d) are identified through lapses in the monitoring of reasoning, discourse, and behavior surrounding loss/abuse in response to the Adult Attachment Interview. Although the coding system for U/d has been widely used for decades, the individual indicators of unresolved loss/abuse have not been validated independently of the development sample. This study examined the psychometric validity of U/d, using individual participant data from 1,009 parent-child dyads across 13 studies. A latent class analysis showed that subsets of commonly occurring U/d indicators could differentiate interviewees with or without unresolved loss/abuse. Predictive models suggested a psychometric model of U/d consisting of a combination of these common indicators, with disbelief and psychologically confused statements regarding loss being especially important indicators of U/d. This model weakly predicted infant disorganized attachment. Multilevel regression analysis showed no significant association between ratings of unresolved other trauma and infant disorganized attachment, over and above ratings of unresolved loss/abuse. Altogether, these findings suggest that the coding system of U/d may have been overfitted to the initial development sample. Directions for further articulation and optimization of U/d are provided.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Exploring the meaning of unresolved loss and trauma in more than 1,000 Adult Attachment Interviews |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0954579421001735 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001735 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental, Psychology, Adult Attachment Interview, individual participant data meta-analysis, unresolved loss, unresolved trauma, DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT, PARENTAL BEHAVIOR, LATENT STRUCTURE, MODELS, STATES, MIND, REPRESENTATIONS, TRANSMISSION, MALTREATMENT, METAANALYSIS |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146864 |
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