Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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A Study on Infant Attachment Classification and Maternal Attachment Representation

영아의 애착 유형과 어머니의 애착 표상 유형에 대한 연구

  • Jin, Mi Kyoung (Department of Education, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 진미경 (숙명여자대학교 교육학과)
  • Received : 2006.08.30
  • Accepted : 2006.11.09
  • Published : 2006.12.01
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Abstract

This study investigated intergenerational transmission from mother's attachment representation to infant's attachment pattern and the associations between maternal attachment representation and their childhood experiences. Subjects were forty 12- to 15-month-old infants and their mothers. The Adult Attachment Interview (Main & Goldwyn, 1984) was used to assess mother's attachment representation. The Strange Situation (Ainsworth, 1978) was used to classify infant's attachment relationship. Mothers were classified as autonomous (F), dismissing (Ds), preoccupied (E), or unresolved/disorganized (Ud). Infants were classified as secure (B), insecure-avoidant (A), insecure-resistant (C), or insecure-disorganized (D). Exact A/B/C/D and Ds/F/E/Ud agreement was observed in 30 of 40 dyads(75%). Maternal childhood experiences were related to maternal attachment representation.

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