Anna Buchheim
Biographic Data
| ID | 5212252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Buchheim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchheim |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHHEIM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1339-5246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unseen vulnerability in elite sport
Introduction: This study examines how narrative-based attachment representations and associated defense mechanisms relate to adverse childhood experiences and current psychological distress in elite athletes, using a qualitative, interview-based approach.Methods: In a mixed-methods design, attachment representations and attachment styles of 40 adult athletes from Olympic disciplines were assessed using the narratives from the Adult Attachment Pro…
Towards effective screening for paternal perinatal mental illness
Background: Paternal perinatal mental illness (PPMI), which affects around one in 10 fathers, is under-recognised despite increasing awareness of men's mental health in the perinatal period. Social stigma and men's reluctance to seek help exacerbate this gap. Neglecting the mental health needs of new fathers not only puts them at increased risk for mental illness themselves, but also has a profound and long-lasting impact on their families, child…
Participation practices in mother-child interactions
In recent years, Conversational Analysis (CA) has seen an increasing interest in longitudinal studies (Deppermann & Pekarek Doehler, 2021). The recurrent experience of interactional practices leads interactants to develop routines that may sediment into entrenched patterns over time (Dreyer, 2022). Longitudinal CA thus aims to track the emergence and sedimentation of interactional practices over time. In this contribution, we analyse interactiona…
Joint responses to crying
One of the fascinating challenges in adult-child interaction is found in the fine-grained coordination of joint activities in the real time of play-interactions. In this contribution we take a closer look at caregiving activities that are jointly carried out by mothers and their five-year-old children. At this age, changing diapers, feeding, and comforting a crying baby (doll) is a challenging activity. The focus of our empirical study is on resp…
Final Validation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury for Children and Adolescents (Qolibri-KID/ADO) Questionnaire
Until recently, no disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire existed for pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). In this revalidation study, the psychometric properties and the validity of the 35-item QOLIBRI-KID/ADO questionnaire in its final German version were examined in 300 children and adolescents. It is the first self-reported TBI-specific tool for measuring pediatric HRQoL in individuals aged between 8 and 1…
Maternal insecure attachment representation as a long-term risk factor for disrupted mother–child-interaction and child mental health
Maternal childhood maltreatment (CM) represents an important factor in the transmission of trauma that may lead to impaired child mental health. Apart from childhood maltreatment insecure attachment has been identified as a risk factor for insensitive caregiving behavior, which may affect child's mental health. The aim of this study is to identify the working mechanisms in the relationship between maternal CM and child mental health, considering …
A short scale to measure health-related quality of life after traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents (Qolibri-OS-KID/ADO)
In combination with the cut-offs, the QOLIBRI-OS-KID/ADO provides a cost-effective screening tool, complemented by interpretation guidelines, which may help to draw clinical conclusions and indications such as further administration of a longer version of the instrument to gain more detailed insight into impaired HRQoL domains or omission of further steps in the absence of an indication
Parenting during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
A Bifactor Model of Personality Organization
The aim of this study was to explore the viability of a bifactor model for the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO), which is a self-report measure of personality functioning based on Kernberg’s model of personality organization. A heterogeneous, predominantly clinical sample (N = 616) completed the German 83-item version of the IPO. Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analyses were applied to explore the factor structure of the IPO. We we…
Borderline patients before and after one year of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP)
In a mixed-methods approach, this study applies qualitative analysis to Adult Attachment Interview texts of 11 patients with borderline personality disorder, who changed from an insecure attachment representation to security after 1 year of treatment with transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP). Analyses were guided by 3 research questions about changes in (a) attachment strategies, (b) narrative content, and (c) themes to form a theory about th…
The Stress of Caring—Resilience and HPA-Axis Activity in Hair Samples of Youth Residential Caregivers
Background: Professional caregivers in youth residential care institutions experience frequent verbal and physical aggression as well as multiple stressors as part of their everyday work, leading to high levels of burnout and staff turnover. Resilience might buffer against psychophysiological stress response and therefore be crucial for well-being in professional caregivers. Objectives: We aimed to investigate if measures related to resilience [s…
Momente der Bindung
Bindung und Exploration
Bindung und Exploration sind integrale und sich ergänzende Verhaltenssysteme, die bei der Anpassung des Menschen an die Aufgaben und Belastungen im Verlauf des Lebens zusammenwirken. Während es im Kleinkindalter um die Balance zwischen Nähe suchen und die Erkundung der Umwelt geht, ist es im Erwachsenenalter die Entfaltung von mentaler Freiheit in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen. Bindungstheorie, Bindungsdiagnostik und ihre klinische Anwendung werd…
Individualized Approaches Have Profitable Clinical Value for Strengthening Fathers’ Confidence in the Care of Preterm Infants
Assessing Attachment Representations in Adolescents
The contribution of attachment to human development and clinical risk is well established for children and adults, yet there is relatively limited knowledge about attachment in adolescence due to the poor availability of construct valid measures. The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) is a reliable and valid instrument to assess adult attachment status. This study examines for the first time the discriminant validity of the AAP in a…
Changes in Reflective Functioning during Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies
This study examines how reflective functioning (RF) can be assessed in analytic sessions and throughout psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The goals are to replicate in part a study by Josephs and colleagues (2004) by applying the RF Scale to analytic sessions and to study fluctuations of RF within each session. Additionally, RF based on sessions was compared with the RF ratings based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) during the course of two ps…
How Does Neurobiological Research Influence Psychoanalytic Treatments?—Clinical Observations and Reflections From a Study on the Interface of Clinical Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
The relationship between personality organization, reflective functioning, and psychiatric classification in borderline personality disorder
Relationships between personality organization, reflective functioning (RF), and the number of Axis I and Axis II disorders were examined. Ninety-two female patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV-TR) borderline personality disorder (BPD) were administered the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO), the Adult Attachment Interview for assessment of RF, and the Structured Clinical Inter…
The German specimen case, Amalia X
The authors provide a perspective on how psychoanalytic process research can be implemented. This is based on a process research model described elsewhere and summarizes the kinds of studies that can be situated on the four levels of the model. The authors summarize multiple empirical studies that were performed in a completely tape-recorded psychoanalytic therapy and have been published. These studies demonstrate the many modalities empirical pr…
Attachment Quality in Very Low-Birthweight Premature Infants in Relation to Maternal Attachment Representations and Neurological Development
Objective. To study the development of attachment in very low-birthweight preterm infants with respect to neurological development and maternal attachment representations. Design. Emotional development in a high-risk sample (N = 79) of very low-birthweight preterm infants (≤ 1,500 g) is reported. The quality of attachment in preterm infants was classified using the Strange Situation Procedure at 14 postnatal months (corrected for prematurity) and…
The influence of prematurity, maternal anxiety, and infants' neurobiological risk on mother–infant interactions
In this study, we investigated how the birth of a very low birth weight preterm (VLBW) infant influences the mother–infant interaction at 3 months. We also focused on the impact of the infant's neurobiological risk and maternal anxiety, and their interaction. The comparison of the VLBW preterm sample ( n = 79) with an external full‐term sample ( n = 35) showed mother–infant interactions of the families with the preterm infant to be more vocally r…
The German specimen case, Amalia X
The authors provide a perspective on how psychoanalytic process research can be implemented. This is based on a process research model described elsewhere and summarizes the kinds of studies that can be situated on the four levels of the model. The authors summarize multiple empirical studies that were performed in a completely tape-recorded psychoanalytic therapy and have been published. These studies demonstrate the many modalities empirical pr…
Attachment Quality in Very Low-Birthweight Premature Infants in Relation to Maternal Attachment Representations and Neurological Development
Objective. To study the development of attachment in very low-birthweight preterm infants with respect to neurological development and maternal attachment representations. Design. Emotional development in a high-risk sample (N = 79) of very low-birthweight preterm infants (≤ 1,500 g) is reported. The quality of attachment in preterm infants was classified using the Strange Situation Procedure at 14 postnatal months (corrected for prematurity) and…
The influence of prematurity, maternal anxiety, and infants' neurobiological risk on mother–infant interactions
In this study, we investigated how the birth of a very low birth weight preterm (VLBW) infant influences the mother–infant interaction at 3 months. We also focused on the impact of the infant's neurobiological risk and maternal anxiety, and their interaction. The comparison of the VLBW preterm sample ( n = 79) with an external full‐term sample ( n = 35) showed mother–infant interactions of the families with the preterm infant to be more vocally r…
Attachment Quality in Very Low-Birthweight Premature Infants in Relation to Maternal Attachment Representations and Neurological Development
Objective. To study the development of attachment in very low-birthweight preterm infants with respect to neurological development and maternal attachment representations. Design. Emotional development in a high-risk sample (N = 79) of very low-birthweight preterm infants (≤ 1,500 g) is reported. The quality of attachment in preterm infants was classified using the Strange Situation Procedure at 14 postnatal months (corrected for prematurity) and…
The influence of prematurity, maternal anxiety, and infants' neurobiological risk on mother–infant interactions
In this study, we investigated how the birth of a very low birth weight preterm (VLBW) infant influences the mother–infant interaction at 3 months. We also focused on the impact of the infant's neurobiological risk and maternal anxiety, and their interaction. The comparison of the VLBW preterm sample ( n = 79) with an external full‐term sample ( n = 35) showed mother–infant interactions of the families with the preterm infant to be more vocally r…
The German specimen case, Amalia X
The authors provide a perspective on how psychoanalytic process research can be implemented. This is based on a process research model described elsewhere and summarizes the kinds of studies that can be situated on the four levels of the model. The authors summarize multiple empirical studies that were performed in a completely tape-recorded psychoanalytic therapy and have been published. These studies demonstrate the many modalities empirical pr…
The relationship between personality organization, reflective functioning, and psychiatric classification in borderline personality disorder
Relationships between personality organization, reflective functioning (RF), and the number of Axis I and Axis II disorders were examined. Ninety-two female patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV-TR) borderline personality disorder (BPD) were administered the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO), the Adult Attachment Interview for assessment of RF, and the Structured Clinical Inter…
How Does Neurobiological Research Influence Psychoanalytic Treatments?—Clinical Observations and Reflections From a Study on the Interface of Clinical Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
Changes in Reflective Functioning during Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies
This study examines how reflective functioning (RF) can be assessed in analytic sessions and throughout psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The goals are to replicate in part a study by Josephs and colleagues (2004) by applying the RF Scale to analytic sessions and to study fluctuations of RF within each session. Additionally, RF based on sessions was compared with the RF ratings based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) during the course of two ps…
Bindung und Exploration
Bindung und Exploration sind integrale und sich ergänzende Verhaltenssysteme, die bei der Anpassung des Menschen an die Aufgaben und Belastungen im Verlauf des Lebens zusammenwirken. Während es im Kleinkindalter um die Balance zwischen Nähe suchen und die Erkundung der Umwelt geht, ist es im Erwachsenenalter die Entfaltung von mentaler Freiheit in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen. Bindungstheorie, Bindungsdiagnostik und ihre klinische Anwendung werd…
Individualized Approaches Have Profitable Clinical Value for Strengthening Fathers’ Confidence in the Care of Preterm Infants
Assessing Attachment Representations in Adolescents
The contribution of attachment to human development and clinical risk is well established for children and adults, yet there is relatively limited knowledge about attachment in adolescence due to the poor availability of construct valid measures. The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) is a reliable and valid instrument to assess adult attachment status. This study examines for the first time the discriminant validity of the AAP in a…
Momente der Bindung
The Stress of Caring—Resilience and HPA-Axis Activity in Hair Samples of Youth Residential Caregivers
Background: Professional caregivers in youth residential care institutions experience frequent verbal and physical aggression as well as multiple stressors as part of their everyday work, leading to high levels of burnout and staff turnover. Resilience might buffer against psychophysiological stress response and therefore be crucial for well-being in professional caregivers. Objectives: We aimed to investigate if measures related to resilience [s…
A Bifactor Model of Personality Organization
The aim of this study was to explore the viability of a bifactor model for the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO), which is a self-report measure of personality functioning based on Kernberg’s model of personality organization. A heterogeneous, predominantly clinical sample (N = 616) completed the German 83-item version of the IPO. Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analyses were applied to explore the factor structure of the IPO. We we…
Borderline patients before and after one year of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP)
In a mixed-methods approach, this study applies qualitative analysis to Adult Attachment Interview texts of 11 patients with borderline personality disorder, who changed from an insecure attachment representation to security after 1 year of treatment with transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP). Analyses were guided by 3 research questions about changes in (a) attachment strategies, (b) narrative content, and (c) themes to form a theory about th…
Parenting during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Towards effective screening for paternal perinatal mental illness
Background: Paternal perinatal mental illness (PPMI), which affects around one in 10 fathers, is under-recognised despite increasing awareness of men's mental health in the perinatal period. Social stigma and men's reluctance to seek help exacerbate this gap. Neglecting the mental health needs of new fathers not only puts them at increased risk for mental illness themselves, but also has a profound and long-lasting impact on their families, child…
Participation practices in mother-child interactions
In recent years, Conversational Analysis (CA) has seen an increasing interest in longitudinal studies (Deppermann & Pekarek Doehler, 2021). The recurrent experience of interactional practices leads interactants to develop routines that may sediment into entrenched patterns over time (Dreyer, 2022). Longitudinal CA thus aims to track the emergence and sedimentation of interactional practices over time. In this contribution, we analyse interactiona…
Joint responses to crying
One of the fascinating challenges in adult-child interaction is found in the fine-grained coordination of joint activities in the real time of play-interactions. In this contribution we take a closer look at caregiving activities that are jointly carried out by mothers and their five-year-old children. At this age, changing diapers, feeding, and comforting a crying baby (doll) is a challenging activity. The focus of our empirical study is on resp…
Final Validation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury for Children and Adolescents (Qolibri-KID/ADO) Questionnaire
Until recently, no disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire existed for pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). In this revalidation study, the psychometric properties and the validity of the 35-item QOLIBRI-KID/ADO questionnaire in its final German version were examined in 300 children and adolescents. It is the first self-reported TBI-specific tool for measuring pediatric HRQoL in individuals aged between 8 and 1…
Maternal insecure attachment representation as a long-term risk factor for disrupted mother–child-interaction and child mental health
Maternal childhood maltreatment (CM) represents an important factor in the transmission of trauma that may lead to impaired child mental health. Apart from childhood maltreatment insecure attachment has been identified as a risk factor for insensitive caregiving behavior, which may affect child's mental health. The aim of this study is to identify the working mechanisms in the relationship between maternal CM and child mental health, considering …
A short scale to measure health-related quality of life after traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents (Qolibri-OS-KID/ADO)
In combination with the cut-offs, the QOLIBRI-OS-KID/ADO provides a cost-effective screening tool, complemented by interpretation guidelines, which may help to draw clinical conclusions and indications such as further administration of a longer version of the instrument to gain more detailed insight into impaired HRQoL domains or omission of further steps in the absence of an indication
Unseen vulnerability in elite sport
Introduction: This study examines how narrative-based attachment representations and associated defense mechanisms relate to adverse childhood experiences and current psychological distress in elite athletes, using a qualitative, interview-based approach.Methods: In a mixed-methods design, attachment representations and attachment styles of 40 adult athletes from Olympic disciplines were assessed using the narratives from the Adult Attachment Pro…
Psychology (19 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Attachment theory (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works)