Ali E, Letourneau N, Benzies K
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2021 Jun 16;7:23779608211009000. doi: 10.1177/23779608211009000. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
Extensive evidence indicates that the quality of parent-child attachment is related to later socio-emotional and physical health outcomes. Yet, despite its clinical relevance, the parent-child attachment concept has been inconsistently applied across the disciplines of nursing, medicine and psychology and is often conflated with parent-child bonding in nursing literature.
To provide readers with a critical analysis of the concept of parent-child attachment. Using a principle-based concept analysis, we clarify how parent-child attachment is understood from a multidisciplinary perspective to advance the use of this concept in nursing practice. Attachment is an affectionate, mutually satisfying relationship between a child and a caregiver that serves the purpose of making the child feel safe, secure, and protected.
In this principle-based concept analysis, each definitional (i.e., epistemological, pragmatic, linguistic, and logical) principle contributes to an understanding of the strengths and limitations of the state of science about this concept. The discussion highlights how applying the concept of parent-child attachment security may offer exciting and promising opportunities for nursing clinical work with families.
The understanding of the concept of parent-child attachment differs among disciplines of nursing, medicine and psychology and offers exciting and promising opportunities for clarity and collaborative, multi-disciplinary work.
大量证据表明，亲子依恋的质量与儿童后期的社会情感和身体健康状况相关。然而，尽管亲子依恋概念具有临床相关性，但在护理、医学和心理学等学科中，该概念的应用并不一致，并且在护理文献中常常与亲子联结混为一谈。
为读者提供对亲子依恋概念的批判性分析。通过基于原则的概念分析，我们阐明从多学科视角如何理解亲子依恋，以促进该概念在护理实践中的应用。依恋是儿童与照顾者之间一种深情且相互满足的关系，其目的是让儿童感到安全、安心和受到保护。
在这种基于原则的概念分析中，每个定义性原则（即认识论、实用主义、语言学和逻辑原则）都有助于理解关于该概念的科学现状的优势和局限性。讨论强调了应用亲子依恋安全性概念如何为针对家庭的护理临床工作提供令人兴奋且充满希望的机会。
护理、医学和心理学等学科对亲子依恋概念的理解存在差异，这为明确概念以及开展跨学科合作工作提供了令人兴奋且充满希望的机会。
