Maternal Role Confusion: Relations to Maternal Attachment and Mother–Child Interaction from Infancy to Adolescence

Vulliez-Coady, Lauriane; Obsuth, Ingrid; Torreiro-Casal, Monica; Ellertsdottir, Lydia; Lyons‐Ruth, Karlen

doi:10.1002/imhj.21379

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“…Mothers who were not judged unresolved nevertheless manifested a pervasive sense of hostility or helplessness throughout the AAI transcript. This appeared to be based on childhood experiences of lack of attunement in parent-child interactions, role-reversal (Vulliez-Coady, Obsuth, Torreiro-Casal, Ellertsdottir, & Lyons-Ruth, 2013), and emotional neglect (Milot et al, 2014). Also, childhood loss and trauma were found to be differentially associated with maternal unresolved and hostile-helpless states of mind (Lyons-Ruth, Yellin, Melnick, & Atwood, 2003).…”

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Adult Attachment Interview differentiates adolescents with Childhood Sexual Abuse from those with clinical depression and non-clinical controls

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Attachment & Human Development

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Although attachment representation is considered to be disturbed in traumatized adolescents, it is not known whether this is specific for trauma, as comparative studies with other clinical groups are lacking. Therefore, attachment representation was studied by means of the Adult Attachment Interview in adolescents with Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) (N = 21), clinical depression (N = 28) and non-clinical controls (N = 28). Coherence of mind and unresolved loss or trauma, as well as the disorganized attachment classification differentiated the CSA group from the clinical depression group and controls, over and above age, IQ, and psychiatric symptomatology. In the current era of sustained criticism on criteria-based classification, this may well carry substantial clinical relevance. If attachment is a general risk or vulnerability factor underlying specific psychopathology, this may guide diagnostic assessment as well as treatment.

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confidence: 88%

Adult Attachment Interview differentiates adolescents with Childhood Sexual Abuse from those with clinical depression and non-clinical controls

Hoof

Lang

Speekenbrink

et al. 2015

Attachment & Human Development

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“…The GPACS has demonstrated validity in relation to disorganized attachment in infancy, to attachment classification on the AAI at age 25, to parent and young adult self-reports of role-confusion, and to quality of young adult romantic relationships (Hennighausen, Bureau, David, Holmes, & Lyons-Ruth, 2011; Obsuth et al, 2014; Vulliez-Coady, Obsuth, Torreiro Casal, Ellertsdottir, & Lyons-Ruth, 2013). …”

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Disorganized attachment in young adulthood as a partial mediator of relations between severity of childhood abuse and dissociation

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Lyons‐Ruth

2016

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

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Disorganized attachment has been proposed as a mediating mechanism in the relation between childhood abuse and dissociation. However, support for mediation has been mixed when using interview or self-report measures of attachment. In the current work, relations among severity of abuse, attachment disorganization, and dissociation were assessed in young adulthood using both interview and interaction-based measures of attachment. One hundred and twelve low-income young adults were assessed for socioeconomic stresses, abusive experiences in childhood, and attachment disorganization at age 20. Attachment disorganization was assessed with the Adult Attachment Interview, coded independently for Unresolved states of mind and for Hostile-Helpless (HH) states of mind. Attachment disorganization was also measured using a newly validated assessment of young adult-parent interaction during a conflict discussion. Mediational analyses revealed that the link between childhood abuse and dissociation was partially explained by disturbances in young adult-parent interaction. Narrative disturbances on the Adult Attachment Interview were related to abuse and to dissociation but did not mediate the link between the two. Results are discussed in relation to the role of parent-child communication processes in pathways to dissociation.

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“…Conversely, good‐quality caregiving has been found to promote cognitive performance and social‐emotional development (Dobrova‐Krol et al ., ; Smyke et al ., ; Zeanah et al ., ). The primary caregiver's perception of helplessness in the caring task represents a valuable risk factor able to concur in predicting the poor quality and effectiveness of caring behaviours (Barone et al ., ; Vulliez‐Coady et al ., ). Up to now, no study has investigated the role of professional caregivers faced with a challenging task such as working in orphanages (Groza et al ., ).…”

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When the Primary Caregiver is Missing: Investigating Proximal and Distal Variables Involved in Institutionalised Children's Adjustment

2015

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Institutional rearing and structural neglect represent a primary caregiver deprivation experience and fall outside the range of the average expected typical childhood environment. Research indicates that variables related to proximal processes, such as the quality of care, rather than only distal variables, such as the duration of institutionalisation, may affect the adjustment of institutionalised children. The present study involved 100 Ukrainian children aged four-to eight-years old (39 institution reared and 61 family reared) and investigated children's adjustment as a function of two distal variables and one proximal variable: age at admission and the duration of institutionalisation; and the current quality of care, as represented by favourite caregivers' perceived helplessness in the caring task. Attachment shortcomings and cognitive impairments were reported for institutionalised children, independently of the duration of institutionalisation. Low scores for professional caregivers' helplessness were associated with better scores for indiscriminate friendliness and non-verbal reasoning in children. We conclude that caregiving variables matter and attention needs to be paid to them in order to improve the wellbeing of children in potentially neglectful contexts. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGES:• Institutionalisation is a structural neglect condition, increasing the risk for children's social-emotional and cognitive impairment.• Professional caregivers often lack information on how to support children and are faced with challenging working conditions, resulting in an emotionally distant caregiving.• The study showed that institutionalised children's attachment and cognitive development are two compromised domains.

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Maternal Role Confusion: Relations to Maternal Attachment and Mother–Child Interaction from Infancy to Adolescence

Cited by 25 publications

References 60 publications

Adult Attachment Interview differentiates adolescents with Childhood Sexual Abuse from those with clinical depression and non-clinical controls

Adult Attachment Interview differentiates adolescents with Childhood Sexual Abuse from those with clinical depression and non-clinical controls

Disorganized attachment in young adulthood as a partial mediator of relations between severity of childhood abuse and dissociation

When the Primary Caregiver is Missing: Investigating Proximal and Distal Variables Involved in Institutionalised Children's Adjustment

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