Gander Manuela, George Carol, Pokorny Dan, Buchheim Anna
Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2017 Apr;48(2):270-282. doi: 10.1007/s10578-016-0639-2.
The contribution of attachment to human development and clinical risk is well established for children and adults, yet there is relatively limited knowledge about attachment in adolescence due to the poor availability of construct valid measures. The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) is a reliable and valid instrument to assess adult attachment status. This study examines for the first time the discriminant validity of the AAP in adolescents. In our sample of 79 teenagers between 15 and 18 years, 42 % were classified as secure, 34 % as insecure-dismissing, 13 % as insecure-preoccupied and 11 % as unresolved. The results demonstrated discriminant validity for using the AAP in that age group, with no associations between attachment classifications and verbal intelligence, social desirability, story length or sociodemographic variables. These results poise the AAP to be used in clinical intervention and large-scale research investigating normative and atypical developmental correlates and sequelae of attachment, including psychopathology in adolescence.
依恋对儿童和成人的人类发展及临床风险的影响已得到充分证实，但由于缺乏有效的测量工具，关于青少年依恋的知识相对有限。成人依恋投射图片系统（AAP）是评估成人依恋状态的可靠有效工具。本研究首次检验了AAP在青少年中的区分效度。在我们抽取的79名15至18岁青少年样本中，42%被归类为安全型，34%为不安全-冷漠型，13%为不安全-专注型，11%为未解决型。结果表明，在该年龄组使用AAP具有区分效度，依恋分类与言语智力、社会期望、故事长度或社会人口统计学变量之间无关联。这些结果使AAP可用于临床干预以及大规模研究，以调查依恋的规范和非典型发展相关因素及后果，包括青少年精神病理学。
