Iscanoglu Zulal, Erden-Basaran Ozlem, Poehlmann Julie
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
Ankara Medipol University, Türkiye.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2025 Jul 24:306624X251357620. doi: 10.1177/0306624X251357620.
We examined the feasibility and value of qualitatively analyzing the Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT) to gain insights into attachment representations and intergenerational patterns in their parenting among incarcerated mothers in Türkiye ( = 79, = 29.7, = 5.6) co-residing with their toddlers. Participants responded to five attachment-related, stress-inducing story-stems. Thematic analysis under a constructivist framework identified five themes: Parental Profiles, Desire for Protection and Care, Self-Blame and Longing for Childhood, Feeling of Being Unloved, and Redemption of Remorse Based on Observed Parenting. Narratives reflected a lack of secure-base support and sensitive caregiving in childhood, marked by emotional neglect, disengaged fathers, and in some cases, abuse. Many mothers expressed shame, longing for affection, and intergenerational parallels with their children, pointing to preoccupied attachment tendencies. Findings emphasize the need for trauma-informed, attachment-based interventions to support caregiving in prison nurseries and address intergenerational cycles of adversity.
我们研究了对依恋故事完成任务（ASCT）进行定性分析的可行性和价值，以深入了解土耳其与幼儿同住的被监禁母亲（n = 79，M = 29.7，SD = 5.6）的依恋表征及其养育子女的代际模式。参与者对五个与依恋相关、诱发压力的故事主干做出了回应。在建构主义框架下的主题分析确定了五个主题：父母形象、对保护和关爱的渴望、自责与对童年的向往、不被爱的感觉以及基于观察到的养育方式的悔恨救赎。叙述反映出童年时期缺乏安全基地支持和敏感的照料，其特征是情感忽视、疏离的父亲，以及在某些情况下的虐待。许多母亲表达了羞耻感、对关爱的渴望，以及与子女的代际相似之处，表明存在痴迷型依恋倾向。研究结果强调需要有创伤知情、基于依恋的干预措施，以支持监狱托儿所的照料，并解决代际逆境循环问题。
