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Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Reactive Attachment Disorder/diagnosisABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Cultivating self-compassion is increasingly recognized as a powerful method to regulate hyperactive threat processes such as shame and self-criticism, but fear of self-compassion (FSC) can inhibit this. These difficulties are underexplored in personality disorder (PD) despite their prevalence. Furthermore, little evidence exists regarding how these factors relate to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and attachment. METHOD: Fifty-three participants with a diagnosis of PD completed measures including childhood abuse/neglect, invalidation, early warmth, self-compassion, shame, self-criticism, FSC, and anxious/avoidant attachment. RESULTS: Self-compassion was predicted uniquely by low early warmth; self-inadequacy by invalidation and abuse; and FSC by multiple ACEs. FSC and self-compassion were significantly correlated with self-criticism and shame, but not with one another. CONCLUSIONS: Low self-compassion and high FSC appear to be distinct problems, substantiating physiological models proposing distinct threat and soothing systems. Results are consistent with theories positing that low self-compassion has distinct origins to shame, self-criticism, and FSC.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences , Child Abuse/psychology , Empathy , Personality Disorders/psychology , Self Care/psychology , Self Concept , Self-Assessment , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Personality Disorders/diagnosis , Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data , Psychometrics , Reactive Attachment Disorder/diagnosis , Reactive Attachment Disorder/psychology , Risk Factors , Shame , Young AdultABSTRACT
El presente artículo describe una revisión panorámica y breve de la variedad de programas dirigidos a la promoción e intervención en apego y sensibilidad, desde un enfoque promocional, preventivo y de tratamiento. En primer lugar se revisan las conceptualizaciones dominantes que definen los trastornos del apego y a continuación se resumen los diferentes focos de trabajo de una muestra representativa de programas de intervención en apego. La mayoría de las intervenciones se focalizan en la interacción madre-hijo, en general están diseñadas para infantes y niños menores de tres años y se centran en mejorar las capacidades de sensibilidad parental así como los esquemas representativos de los padres en relación al hijo. Se concluye una creciente cantidad de propuestas con un enfoque de tipo universal e indicado, para díadas con problemas precoces de interacciones poco sensibles y condiciones psicosociales de cierto riesgo para apego inseguro. A su vez se describen intervenciones selectivas para poblaciones con presencia de maltrato y trastornos graves del apego. Se describen brevemente tres modalidades de intervención y sus rasgos, que representan diferentes focos y objetivos. Se discute finalmente sobre el tópico de la evidencia de efectividad y los factores asociados.
This article describes a panoramic review of the variety of programs aimed at the promotion and intervention in attachment and sensitivity from a promotional, preventive approach and treatment. First, the dominant conceptualizations of attachment disorders are reviewed, and then the different foci of work of a representative sample of attachment intervention programs are summarized. Most interventions are located in the mother-child interaction, are generally designed for infants and children under three years, and focus on improving the capabilities of parental sensitivity and representational schemes of parents regarding the child. We conclude that there are a growing number of proposals with a universal preventive approach for dyads with early attachment problems and insensitive interactions and psychosocial conditions that are risk factors for insecure attachment. At the same time we describe interventions for populations with severe abuse and attachment disorders. Three modes of intervention and their features are briefly described, representing different foci and objectives. We finally discuss the topic of evidence of effectiveness and associated factors.
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Humans , Child , Adult , Reactive Attachment Disorder/diagnosis , Reactive Attachment Disorder/therapy , Parent-Child Relations , Risk Factors , Family Therapy , Object AttachmentSubject(s)
Adoption/psychology , Child, Institutionalized/psychology , Developing Countries , Father-Child Relations , Mother-Child Relations , Play Therapy , Psychoanalytic Therapy , Reactive Attachment Disorder/therapy , Child , Child Abuse/psychology , Child, Preschool , Emotions , Family Therapy , Homosexuality, Male/psychology , Humans , Infant , Male , Parenting/psychology , Psychoanalytic Theory , Reactive Attachment Disorder/diagnosis , Reactive Attachment Disorder/psychology , Social Change , SocializationABSTRACT
A 17-item questionnaire for reactive attachment disorders (RAD) was developed and administered to 182 Scottish children living in foster care. The RAD questionnaire had a good test-retest reliability with an intra-class correlation (ICC) of 0.78 and inter-rater reliability with an ICC of 0.81. Cluster analysis showed that the children fell into three groups, two of which corresponded to the two reactive attachment disorder subtypes. High questionnaire scores for attachment disorders were significantly associated with conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity and problems with peer relations and negatively associated with pro-social behaviour. High overall questionnaire scores for reactive attachment disorder were associated with previous sexual abuse, whereas there was no association with previous physical abuse. High scores for the disinhibited subtype were associated with previous neglect.