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On the Origins of Disorganized Attachment and Internal Working Models: Paper I. A Dyadic Systems Approach.
- Source :
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Psychoanalytic Dialogues . Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p253-272. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Despite important recent progress in understanding disorganized attachment, we still lack a full understanding of the mechanisms of disorganized attachment formation and transmission prior to 12 months. In this paper we lay out our recommendations for the study of the 4-month origins of disorganized attachment. In our subsequent Paper II we report on the results of a large empirical study that was conducted along the lines we recommend in Paper I. Both Papers I and II are based on Beebe et al. (2010). In Paper I we describe our proposal that a detailed microanalysis of 4-month mother–infant face-to-face communication would further inform our understanding of the process of disorganized attachment formation between mother and infant. Such a microanalysis would allow us to characterize the nature of the 4-month infant's procedural representations, or emerging “internal working models” of attachment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10481885
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychoanalytic Dialogues
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 75125455
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10481885.2012.666147