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Quando l’attaccamento si disorganizza. Indicatori e fattori di rischio dell’esperienza traumatica nel ciclo di vita
No full textLa disorganizzazione dell’attaccamento è considerata un importante fattore di vulnerabilità per lo sviluppo socio-emotivo lungo l’intero ciclo di vita. Obiettivo del presente articolo è offrire una rassegna degli indicatori e fattori di rischio dell’esperienza traumatica evidenziati dalla ricerca negli ultimi vent’anni. Particolare attenzione è prestata alla discussione dei principali indicatori dell’attaccamento disorganizzato e agli esiti ad esso associati in ciascuna fase dello sviluppo, con riferimento alle componenti neurobiologiche e di caregiving implicate nella definizione dell’attaccamento disorganizzato. Chiude la rassegna una riflessione critica che include alcuni risultati degli interventi evidence-based di sostegno alla genitorialità volti alla riduzione della disorganizzazione nel meccanismo di trasmissione della stessa tra le generazioni.
Attachment disorganization is considered an important risk factor for socio-emotional development. Aim of the present review is to present the main cues of the traumatic experience discussing risk factors of attachment disorganization highlighted by the last twenty years of research. Special attention is given to the description of recent findings in neurobiology, caregiving and child’s risk factors studies along the life-span. A final critical discussion of the review, including promising results from evidence-based interventions aiming at reducing disorganization in the inter-generational transmission, is presented
What promotes secure attachment in early adoption? The protective roles of infants' temperament and adoptive parents' attachment
No full textLife before adoption is characterized by the lack of sensitive and stable caregiving, putting infants at risk for non-secure attachment patterns. What leads to adoptees' attachment security in their adoptive families has not been conclusively determined. We investigated the roles of children's temperament and adoptive parents' attachment on adoptees' attachment security. The variables were studied in a sample of 30 early-placed adoptees (age at adoption placement M = 5.37 months, SD = 4.43) and their adoptive mothers and fathers. Attachment patterns were investigated by means of the Strange Situation Procedure and the Adult Attachment Interview, and temperament via the Infant Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed that mothers' secure attachment, but not fathers' attachment or adoptees' temperament, increased the chance of secure attachment in adoptees. Temperament moderated the mother-child attachment match
Attachment and social competence: A study using MCAST in low-risk Italian preschoolers
No full textThe Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) is a story stem method suitable for children aged about 4 to 8, aimed at assessing children's attachment representations with a doll-play format that is evaluated with a series of dimensional scales and classifications. Although this instrument has already been validated in previous studies, not all of the findings have been conclusive. The aims of the present study were (1) to examine the factor structure of the MCAST scales, and (2) to test the association between children's dichotomized MCAST classifications and factors with social competence, using the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE) with a normative group of Italian preschoolers (age range 4.4 to 6.1). Results obtained from a sample of 64 children confirm the association of MCAST attachment classifications (security vs. insecurity and organization vs. disorganization) with both social skills and behavioral problems. Further independent studies on the variables analyzed are recommended for corroborating the findings obtained
Late adotion, attachment and emotional understanging
No full textTo explore protective and risk factors in adoption adjustment on a sample of 30 previously institutionalised adopted children by investigating the correspondence between mother and childrens’ pattern of attachment and children’s emotional competence. Method: Six to nine months after adoption, the Adult Attachment Interview was administered to each mother. Twelve to 18 months after adoption, children’s pattern of attachment was assessed using the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task; two years after adoption children’s emotional understanding was tested by means of the Test of Emotion Comprehension. Results: A correspondence of 76.6% (k=.47) was found between mothers’ secure-autonomous state of mind and children’s secure attachment. Although adoptees showed impaired performance in emotion comprehension compared to normative data (t=-3.238, p ≤.005), a correlation was found between impaired emotional competence and insecure (rpb=.46) and disorganized attachment (rpb=.44). Conclusion: Adoptive mothers’ secure mental representation of attachment represents a protective factor for adopted children’s attachment distribution. A secure and organised attachment pattern in late adopted children is associated with better emotional understanding
Attachment and social competence: A study using MCAST in low-risk Italian preschoolers
No full textThe Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) is a story stem method suitable for children aged about 4 to 8, aimed at assessing children’s attachment representations with a doll-play format that is evaluated with a series of dimensional scales and classifications. Although this instrument has already been validated in previous studies, not all of the findings have been conclusive. The
aims of the present study were (1) to examine the factor structure of the MCAST scales, and (2) to test the association between children’s dichotomized MCAST classifications and factors with social competence, using the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE) with a normative group of Italian preschoolers (age range 4.4 to 6.1). Results obtained from a sample of 64 children
confirm the association of MCAST attachment classifications (security vs. insecurity and organization vs. disorganization) with both social skills and behavioral problems. Further independent studies on the variables analyzed are recommended for corroborating the findings obtaine
Socio-emotional competences, cognitive development, attention and behavioural problems: A study with late adopted pre-schoolers
No full textResearch data address that the experience of neglect and life in institution poses children at risk for insecure and disorganized attachment patterns and negatively affects social-emotional and cognitive adjustment. After the adoption placement a recovery was reported but a wide heterogeneity in developmental outcomes has been also found. The present study aimed at addressing late adopted children's attachment and subsequent development in a period of two years from the adoption placement. In the current proceeding, preliminary data are reported. Results showed that, compared with normative-data, in late adopted pre-schoolers disorganized and insecure attachment patterns were over-represented though a recovery was detected when the comparison involved data from institutionalized children. Cognitive development was within the normative range; however a significant delay was found concerning attention abilities and emotional comprehension; conversely only a minority of children (all but one classified as disorganised/insecure concerning their attachment pattern) were at risk for behavioural problems
Do children’s temperament and adoptive parents’ attachment matter with adoptees’ attachment?
No full textAdoption is a natural intervention for children’s recovery in socio-emotional development; however the high variability among adoptees’ adjustment pathways suggests the need of further investigating individual and intra-family variables involved in this process. Considering the role of children’s differential susceptibility to the environment and the role of parents’ attachment state of mind our aim is twofold: to corroborate the role of adoptive parents’ attachment and to test the interaction between this latter, children’s age at adoption and temperament on adoptees’ attachment distribution. 79 children (65% male, n=30 early adoptees, n=48 late adoptees) and their adoptive parents took part at the study. In the current proceeding, preliminary results are presented and the implication from an applied and theoretical perspective discussed
Teoria del'attaccamento e regolazione emotiva: una ricerca empirica nell'ambito dell'adozione
No full textIl capitolo presenta una aggiornata rassegna teorica sulle ricerche relative alla qualità dei legami di attaccamento nelle adozioni tardive, proponendo una ricerca originale degli stessi autori sul tema della qualità dell'attaccamento e della comprensione delle emozioni nei bambini adottati tardivament
Gli interventi evidence-based a sostegno della genitorialità: il contributo della teoria dell’attaccamento
No full textIllustrazione dei pricipali interventi preventivi a sostegno della genitorialità basati sulla teoria dell'attaccament
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