The establishment of an attachment research network in Latin America: Goals, accomplishments, and challenges

Causadías, José M.; Sroufe, L. Alan; Herreros, Francisca

doi:10.1080/14616734.2011.554008

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“…For instance, the study of the development of first-generation immigrants may be incomplete unless research is conducted to enlighten cultural and developmental dynamics prior to immigration. Likewise, the creation of research partnerships and networks could potentiate collaboration between American and international scholars (e.g., Causadias, Sroufe, & Herreros, 2011).…”

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A roadmap for the integration of culture into developmental psychopathology

2013

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In this paper, I propose a roadmap for the integration of culture in developmental psychopathology. This integration is pressing because culture continues to be somewhat disconnected from theory, research, training, and interventions in developmental psychopathology, thus limiting our understanding of the epigenesis of mental health. I argue that in order to successfully integrate culture into developmental psychopathology, it is crucial to (a) study cultural development, (b) consider both individual-level and social-level cultural processes, (c) examine the interplay between culture and biology, and (d) promote improved and direct cultural assessment. I provide evidence in support of each of these guidelines, present alternative conceptual frameworks, and suggest new lines of research. Hopefully, that these directions will contribute to the emerging field of cultural development and psychopathology, which focuses on the elucidation of the cultural processes that initiate, maintain, or derail trajectories of normal and abnormal behavior.

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2013

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“…The scale was particularly designed to detect insecure attachment behaviour. Studies have reported on its use in clinical paediatric settings as part of a Chilean attachment and intervention program [ 24 ] and in the investigation of mother-infant interactions with adoptive mothers or HIV-positive women [ 25 ]. This scale is suitable from birth to 18 months, but no study has yet established its feasibility in the context of a discharge examination of a very preterm infant.…”

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Mother-infant interaction assessment at discharge and at 6 months in a French cohort of infants born very preterm: The OLIMPE study

Cambonie¹,

Müller²,

Ehlinger³

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ObjectivesThe principal aim was to investigate the feasibility of assessing mother-infant interactions at discharge and at 6 months infant corrected age in singletons born before 32 weeks of gestation. The secondary aims were to describe these interactions and their disorders, explore the association between maternal emotional state and the interactions, and assess the relationship between disordered interactions and infant social withdrawal behaviour.MethodsOLIMPE is an ancillary study of the population-based study EPIPAGE 2, which recruited preterm neonates in France in 2011. 163 dyads participated at discharge and 148 at 6 months. Interactions were observed with the Attachment During Stress (ADS) scale, which includes two behavioural subscales, for the mother (m-ADS) and her infant (i-ADS). Two professionals independently completed the ADS scales for one third of the observations. Maternal emotional state was assessed using self-administered questionnaires of depression, anxiety, and stress. Infant’s social withdrawal behaviour at 6 months was measured by the Alarm Distress Baby scale.ResultsAt discharge, 15.3% of the m-ADS scales and 43.3% of the i-ADS scales had at least one unobserved component. At 6 months, all items on both scales were noticeable in >90% of the dyads. Reliability, estimated by the kappa coefficient, ranged between 0.39 and 0.76 at discharge, and between 0.21 and 0.69 at 6 months. Disordered interactions were indicated on 48.6% of the m-ADS scales and 36.5% of the i-ADS scales at discharge. At 6 months, these rates were 32.6% and 26.0%. Disordered interactions at 6 months were associated with identified disorder at discharge. Insecure infant attachment was not influenced by maternal mental health but was strongly associated with infant social withdrawal behaviour.ConclusionsThe ADS scale can be used to screen for early interaction disorders after premature birth and may help to target dyads that would most benefit from early intervention.

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“…To date, the ADS Scale has seldom been used in research, but has been widely utilized in pediatric clinical settings (Cárcamo et al., ). As part of a Chilean attachment assessment and intervention program, the ADS Scale has been used on a large scale with approximately 200,000 dyads to identify problematic attachment behaviors during regular infant checkups at 4 and 12 months (Causadias, Sroufe, & Herreros, ). Chan () utilized the ADS Scale in a study that tested the efficacy of a maternal‐sensitivity intervention with a group of adoptive and biological mothers.…”

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Attachment and Caregiver–infant Interaction: A Review of Observational‐assessment Tools

Tryphonopoulos

Letourneau

DiTommaso

2014

Infant Mental Health Journal

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The relationship between maternal-infant interaction and attachment quality to infant developmental outcomes has long been established. As children mature, problems stemming from troubled caregiver-infant relations may result in referral to mental health or child protection services. The accurate and appropriate assessment of attachment is critical for early recognition of problematic relations and for informing suitable treatment modalities. Evaluating the quality of attachment poses a challenge for researchers and clinicians seeking to explore the association between infant development and the quality of early caregiving experiences. Although providing a definitive answer to the question of which of these assessment procedures is the single universal standard for measuring attachment quantity is beyond the scope of this article, readers will be provided with a description and comparison of strengths and limitations of the most commonly used measures of attachment, including the Strange Situation Procedure (M.D.S. Ainsworth, M.C. Blehar, E. Waters, & S. Wall, 1978), Attachment Q-Sort (E. Waters & K.E. Deane, 1985), Toddler Attachment Sort (TAS-45; J. Kirkland, D. Bimler, A. Drawneek, M. McKim, & A. Scholmerich, 2004), CARE-Index (P. Crittenden, 1985), Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification (AMBIANCE; E. Bronfman, E. Parsons, & K. Lyons-Ruth, 1999), Massie-Campbell Scale of Mother-Infant Attachment Indicators During Stress Scale (Attachment During Stress Scale; H.N. Massie & B.K. Campbell, 1983), and the Risky Situation Procedure (D. Paquette & M. Bigras, 2010).

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The establishment of an attachment research network in Latin America: Goals, accomplishments, and challenges

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A roadmap for the integration of culture into developmental psychopathology

A roadmap for the integration of culture into developmental psychopathology

Mother-infant interaction assessment at discharge and at 6 months in a French cohort of infants born very preterm: The OLIMPE study

Attachment and Caregiver–infant Interaction: A Review of Observational‐assessment Tools

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