Insecure Attachment and Related Difficulties

Venta, Amanda; Abate, Anna

doi:10.1002/9781118686089.ch4

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“…In particular, Disorganized participants were rated as highest on all indicators of maladjustment across both maternal and paternal attachment. These findings echo ample prior research (see Venta & Abate, 2021, for instance) and provide strong, multimethod, multi-informant support for the validity of this translation. Further evidence of convergent validity was provided at the subscale level, with significant positive, correlations between symptom rating subscales and CAI indicators of insecurity as well as significant, negative correlations with indicators of security.…”

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First data and translation of the Child Attachment Interview en Español.

Venta,

Bailey,

Cuervo

et al. 2023

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The Child Attachment Interview (CAI) was designed to assess attachment representation in middle childhood-filling a gap between behavioral paradigms and adult interviews-and has demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in middle childhood and adolescence. To date, the CAI has not been available in Spanish, given the absence of an accepted translation and psychometric data. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, and assessment of attachment in an individual's native language is critical given differences in emotional processing, memory, and disclosure in first versus second languages. We translated the CAI (with consultation from its creator) utilizing standardized translation and back-translation procedures and examined its psychometric properties in a sample of Spanish-speaking high school students. In this study, we report on that process and data gathered from N = 94 Spanish-speaking adolescents in grades 9-12; 20% were double-coded and interrater reliability was acceptable. Findings support the single factor "Security-Dismissal" model, and relations between classifications and subscales were consistent with previous findings. Support for convergent and discriminant validity was provided for both classifications and subscales; however, concurrent validity varied across classifications and subscales. In sum, our translation demonstrates psychometric promise for the assessment of internal working models of attachment in Spanish-speaking high school students. Public Significance StatementThe Child Attachment Interview was designed to assess attachment representation in middle childhood-filling a gap between behavioral paradigms and adult interviews-and has demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in middle childhood and adolescence but has, until now, been unavailable in Spanish. This study provides the first translation and psychometric evaluation of this instrument in Spanish, thereby addressing a measurement gap regarding interview-based assessments of attachment in Spanish-speaking youth.

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confidence: 85%