PPT Slide
Adult Attachment Interview
- Assesses the representation of attachment
- Asks about childhood relationships with parents and specific attachment-relevant experiences
- Asks about effects and meaning of childhood experiences
- Three classifications are based upon “ordinary” experiences:
Secure-Autonomous
Insecure-Dismissing
Insecure-Preoccupied
- The Unresolved Classification is based on discussion of specific traumatic events: Loss and abuse