Disorganized/controlling attachments, emotion regulation, and emotion communication in later middle childhood

Brumariu, Laura E.; Kerns, Kathryn A.; Giuseppone, Kathryn R.; Lyons‐Ruth, Karlen

doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101324

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“…In this study, we applied the D attachment classification to a sample we previously coded with original attachment classification to learn if the amount of antibiotic use is higher in a group of infants generally associated with behavioral perturbation and atypical caregiving [54,70]. Interestingly, we found a similar prevalence of antibiotic use in infants with ambivalent attachment and infants with disorganized attachment (61.1% and 64.9%, respectively) compared with 51.9% of infants with avoidant attachment and 30.6% of securely attached infants.…”

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Antibiotic Consumption, Illness, and Maternal Sensitivity in Infants with a Disorganized Attachment

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Prior research found an association between mother–infant attachment and antibiotic use. Ambivalent-attached infants are more likely to take antibiotics than other infants, and their mothers tend to be less sensitive to their needs than most. This finding is important because it shows the association between psychological processes, early relationships, and health outcomes. We aim to learn about children with high-risk attachment relationships, such as disorganized-attached infants. This study compares antibiotic use, infant–mother interactive behavior, and health indicators according to infant attachment patterns (including disorganized attachment). For this purpose, we observed mothers–infants’ interactive behavior in free play at nine months and infants’ attachment in the Ainsworth Strange Situation at twelve months. Participants included 77 girls and 104 boys (full-term and preterm) and their mothers. Paradoxically, mothers of disorganized-attached infants reported that their children were ill only 1.56 times on average, but 61% of their children used antibiotics in the first nine months. The other mothers reported that their children were sick 5.73 times on average, but only 54% of their children used antibiotics in the same period. Infants with disorganized attachment had mothers who were more literate and less sensitive. These results add to a body of research that shows that early high-risk relationships affect children’s lives at multiple levels.

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“…The proposed model, if supported, will demonstrate strong evidence of construct validity, providing support that the resulting measure of adult disorganized romantic attachment is related to constructs known to relate to childhood disorganized attachment and the other dimensions of adult attachment, and that this resulting measure of romantic disorganized attachment predicts emotion regulation difficulties above and beyond the effects of anxiety and avoidance. Given a large body of literature showing the implications of the anxious and avoidant dimensions of attachment insecurity on emotion dysregulation (see Mikulincer & Shaver, 2016 and 2019 for reviews) and the more limited research directly showing relations between disorganized parent–child attachment and emotion regulation (e.g., Brumariu et al, 2021; Hébert et al, 2020), it is expected that the measure resulting from the analyses will also be related to difficulties in emotion regulation.…”

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Disorganized attachment in emerging adulthood: Measurement comparisons and relations to childhood maltreatment and emotion dysregulation

Whittington

2023

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There is an abundance of research examining disorganized attachment in childhood. However, few researchers have worked to advance the study of disorganized attachment in the context of emerging adult romantic relationships. As such, consistent and clear measurement of this attachment dimension is lacking. In the current study, emerging adult college students (N = 318) completed two previously designed self‐report measures for assessing adult disorganized attachment in the context of romantic relationships. The two scales were compared in a factor analytic framework to create a single cohesive measure of romantic disorganized attachment, which captures the unique features of disorganized attachment, including fear, distrust and suspicion of attachment figures, as well as odd and disoriented behaviors. The result was a 15‐item measure, which showed good reliability and factorial validity, and was moderately related to existing measures of attachment anxiety and avoidance. Additionally, the new measure demonstrated good test–retest reliability in a follow‐up (n = 52). Finally, path analysis was used to provide evidence that disorganized attachment mediates the relation of childhood maltreatment to difficulties in emotion regulation, above what is captured by anxious and avoidant attachment. The current findings suggest the revised measure is a reliable self‐report measure of disorganized adult romantic attachment to be used to further the study of disorganized attachment in emerging adulthood.

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The Childhood Experiences of Disorganization and Role Reversal Scale: Relations with Childhood Adversity, Internalizing Problems, and Well-Being in Young Adulthood

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Brumariu

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J Adult Dev

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Disorganized/controlling attachments, emotion regulation, and emotion communication in later middle childhood

Cited by 3 publications

References 57 publications

Antibiotic Consumption, Illness, and Maternal Sensitivity in Infants with a Disorganized Attachment

Antibiotic Consumption, Illness, and Maternal Sensitivity in Infants with a Disorganized Attachment

Disorganized attachment in emerging adulthood: Measurement comparisons and relations to childhood maltreatment and emotion dysregulation

The Childhood Experiences of Disorganization and Role Reversal Scale: Relations with Childhood Adversity, Internalizing Problems, and Well-Being in Young Adulthood

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