Ecole de psychologie, University of Ottawa, 145 Jean-Jacques-Lussier, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6NS.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2010 Sep;28(Pt 3):657-77. doi: 10.1348/026151009x468062.
Concordance between age-6 attachment behaviour and age-8 doll play attachment representations during the school-age period, and associations between these measures and child social adaptation at school were examined. One hundred and twenty-nine 6-year-olds and their mothers participated in a separation/reunion protocol. Two years later, 104 children completed a doll play narrative task. Teachers evaluated child behaviour problems and prosocial behaviour at both ages. Results showed a significant four-way concordance between age-6 attachment behaviour and age-8 doll play classifications. Each of the four attachment classifications was concordant in the absence of major negative life-events, but only the disorganized classifications remained concordant when at least one negative life-event occurred between the two assessment times. Children with a disorganized attachment classification or representation had higher externalizing scores than secure and avoidant children at both timepoints. Finally, the avoidant and disorganized behavioural classifications predicted avoidant and disorganized representations, respectively, even when controlling for age-6 teacher reports of social adaptation.
本研究考察了儿童期至 8 岁期间的依恋行为与玩偶游戏依恋表征之间的一致性，以及这些测量指标与儿童在校社会适应之间的关联。129 名 6 岁儿童及其母亲参与了分离/团聚实验。两年后，104 名儿童完成了玩偶游戏叙事任务。教师在两个年龄阶段都评估了儿童的行为问题和亲社会行为。研究结果显示，6 岁依恋行为与 8 岁玩偶游戏分类之间存在显著的四向一致性。在没有重大生活事件的情况下，每个依恋分类都是一致的，但当两次评估之间至少发生一次负面生活事件时，只有紊乱分类仍然一致。与安全型和回避型儿童相比，具有紊乱依恋分类或表征的儿童在两个时间点的外化分数都更高。最后，即使在控制了 6 岁时教师对社会适应的报告，回避和紊乱的行为分类也分别预测了回避和紊乱的表征。
