Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.
Dev Psychol. 2011 Mar;47(2):396-403. doi: 10.1037/a0021310.
The aim of this study was to examine the developmental significance of the newly developed dimensional approach to attachment state of mind by investigating its capacity to predict individual differences in the quality of two caregiving behaviors-maternal sensitivity and maternal autonomy support-that are linked to numerous important child outcomes. Seventy-one upper-middle-class, predominantly French-speaking and Caucasian dyads participated in 3 home visits (34 girls). The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was administered when the infants were 8 months old, maternal sensitivity was assessed when they were 12 months old, and maternal autonomy support was assessed at 15 months. The results revealed that, above and beyond SES, maternal sensitivity was negatively related to the dismissing dimension of the AAI, whereas maternal autonomy support was negatively linked to the preoccupied/unresolved dimension. In contrast, the traditional AAI categories were not significantly linked to parenting. These results speak to the relevance of using a continuous approach to attachment state of mind when predicting individual differences in specific caregiving behaviors.
本研究旨在通过考察新发展的依恋状态的维度方法在预测与众多重要儿童结果相关的两种养育行为——母亲敏感性和母亲自主支持的质量上的个体差异的能力，来检验其发展意义。71 对中上阶层的、主要说法语和白种人的母子参与了 3 次家访（34 名女孩）。婴儿 8 个月大时进行成人依恋访谈（AAI），12 个月大时评估母亲敏感性，15 个月大时评估母亲自主支持。结果表明，除了社会经济地位（SES）之外，母亲敏感性与 AAI 的回避维度呈负相关，而母亲自主支持与专注/未解决维度呈负相关。相比之下，传统的 AAI 类别与养育行为没有显著关联。这些结果表明，在预测特定养育行为的个体差异时，使用依恋状态的连续方法具有相关性。
