The infant disorganised attachment classification
Patterning within the disturbance of coherence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4595707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Reijman (0000-0003-1179-9180, University of Cambridge), Sarah Foster (0000-0002-8624-4908), Sarah L Foster (0000-0002-6487-7309, Northumbria University), R Duschinsky (0000-0003-2023-5328, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 200 |
| Pages | 52-58 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.034 |
| PMID | 29358155 |
| OpenAlex | W2788874843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
Since its introduction by Main and Solomon in 1990, the infant disorganised attachment classification has functioned as a predictor of mental health in developmental psychology research. It has also been used by practitioners as an indicator of inadequate parenting and developmental risk, at times with greater confidence than research would support. Although attachment disorganisation takes many forms, it is generally understood to reflect a child's experience of being repeatedly alarmed by their parent's behaviour. In this paper we analyse how the infant disorganised attachment classification has been stabilised and interpreted, reporting results from archival study, ethnographic observations at four training institutes for coding disorganised attachment, interviews with researchers, certified coders and clinicians, and focus groups with child welfare practitioners. Our analysis points to the role of power/knowledge disjunctures in hindering communication between key groups: Main and Solomon and their readers; the oral culture of coders and the written culture of published papers; the research community and practitioners. We highlight how understandings of disorganised attachment have been magnetised by a simplified image of a child fearful of his or her own parent
Developmental psychology · Ethnography · Infant mental health · Mental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |