Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2011 Jul;41(7):962-7. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1107-7.
Little is known about attachment security and disorganization in children who are at genetic risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) prior to a possible diagnosis. The present study examined distributions of attachment security and disorganization at 15-months of age in a sample of infant siblings of older children with (ASD-sibs; n = 51) or without (COMP-sibs; n = 34) an ASD. ASD-sibs were not more or less likely to evince attachment insecurity or disorganization than COMP-sibs. However, relative to COMP-sibs, the rate of B1-B2 secure subclassifications was disproportionately larger in the ASD-sib group. Results suggest that ASD-sibs are not less likely to form secure affectional bonds with their caregivers than COMP-sibs, but may differ from COMP-sibs in their expression of attachment security.
在可能的诊断之前,对于遗传风险患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的儿童,人们对其依恋安全性和失组织性知之甚少。本研究在一组年龄较大的 ASD 儿童的兄弟姐妹样本(ASD-sibs;n=51)或没有 ASD 的兄弟姐妹样本(COMP-sibs;n=34)中,检查了 15 个月大时依恋安全性和失组织性的分布。ASD-sibs 并不比 COMP-sibs 更容易表现出依恋不安全感或失组织性。然而,与 COMP-sibs 相比,ASD-sibs 中 B1-B2 安全子类别的比例不成比例地更大。研究结果表明,ASD-sibs 与他们的照顾者形成安全情感纽带的可能性并不低于 COMP-sibs,但在依恋安全性的表达上可能与 COMP-sibs 不同。