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Working models of attachment and representations of the object in a clinical sample of sexually abused women.
Bull Menninger Clin. 1998 Summer; 62(3):334-50.BM

Abstract

This study examined internal working models of attachment as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI; George, Kaplan, & Main, 1984) and self-other differentiation as assessed by the Description of Significant Other (Marziali & Oleniuk, 1990) in a clinical sample of 40 women reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse. Although there was some relationship between the two measures, the association was not strong. The Cannot Classify category of the AAI, which is increasingly being assigned in clinical samples, needs refinement to increase the usefulness of the AAI for clinical purposes. Integration of concepts from objects relations theory may also enhance the value of the AAI in studies of clinical samples.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Stalker CA
Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
Davies F
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAnalysis of VarianceChildChild Abuse, SexualFemaleHumansIndividuationMental HealthMiddle AgedObject Attachment

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9703711

Citation

Stalker, C A., and F Davies. "Working Models of Attachment and Representations of the Object in a Clinical Sample of Sexually Abused Women." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, vol. 62, no. 3, 1998, pp. 334-50.
Stalker CA, Davies F. Working models of attachment and representations of the object in a clinical sample of sexually abused women. Bull Menninger Clin. 1998;62(3):334-50.
Stalker, C. A., & Davies, F. (1998). Working models of attachment and representations of the object in a clinical sample of sexually abused women. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 62(3), 334-50.
Stalker CA, Davies F. Working Models of Attachment and Representations of the Object in a Clinical Sample of Sexually Abused Women. Bull Menninger Clin. 1998;62(3):334-50. PubMed PMID: 9703711.
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