Coughlan Barry, Marshall-Andon Tess, Anderson Julie, Reijman Sophie, Duschinsky Robbie
University of Cambridge, UK.
University of Kent, UK.
Dev Child Welf. 2019 Mar 1;1(1):76-93. doi: 10.1177/2516103218816707. Epub 2019 Jan 10.
Distinguishing autism spectrum behaviors from behaviors relating to disorganized attachment can be challenging. There is, for instance, a notable overlap between both conditions in terms of behaviors deemed stereotypical. In addition, there are also similarities regarding some atypical social overtures. Responding to this overlap has been the subject for much debate in the literature. Disorganized attachment was first introduced and conceptualized by the attachment researcher, Mary Main. Main is considered the leading authority on coding this phenomenon. During the course of archival research, we obtained Main's notes on coding attachment in a group of 15 children with autism spectrum conditions (hereafter ASC). Drawing on these texts, this article explores Main's reasoning when making distinctions between ASC and attachment at the behavioral level. Our approach is informed by Chang's argument for the potential of "history as complementary science." Analysis indicates that, for Main, frequency and timing were important differential factors when attributing a behavior to either ASC or the child's attachment pattern.
区分自闭症谱系行为与无序依恋相关行为具有挑战性。例如，在被视为刻板行为方面，这两种情况存在显著重叠。此外，在一些非典型社交行为方面也有相似之处。针对这种重叠现象，在文献中引发了诸多争论。无序依恋最初由依恋研究者玛丽·梅因提出并进行概念化。梅因被认为是对这一现象进行编码的权威人士。在档案研究过程中，我们获取了梅因对一组15名患有自闭症谱系障碍（以下简称ASC）儿童的依恋编码记录。基于这些文本，本文探讨了梅因在行为层面区分ASC与依恋时的推理过程。我们的方法受到张关于“历史作为补充科学”潜力的观点的启发。分析表明，对梅因来说，在将一种行为归因于ASC或儿童的依恋模式时，频率和时机是重要的区分因素。
