TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the adult attachment interview to measure process and change in psychotherapy
AU - Steele, Howard
AU - Steele, Miriam
AU - Murphy, Anne
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), developed and extensively tested in the domain of developmental psychology, has relevance to psychotherapy research. The authors compare and contrast the ways that social psychologists and developmental psychologists have operationalized the concept of attachment security and discuss corresponding implications for psychotherapy research. In addition, they provide an overview of the AAI and its development, reliability, and validation in developmental psychology and summarize recent work linking AAI responses with distinctive types of psychopathology. A summary of recent work showing the AAI to be a useful indicator of positive outcome in psychotherapy for adults with diverse problems, including depression, borderline personality disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder, is provided.
AB - The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), developed and extensively tested in the domain of developmental psychology, has relevance to psychotherapy research. The authors compare and contrast the ways that social psychologists and developmental psychologists have operationalized the concept of attachment security and discuss corresponding implications for psychotherapy research. In addition, they provide an overview of the AAI and its development, reliability, and validation in developmental psychology and summarize recent work linking AAI responses with distinctive types of psychopathology. A summary of recent work showing the AAI to be a useful indicator of positive outcome in psychotherapy for adults with diverse problems, including depression, borderline personality disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder, is provided.
KW - Attachment
KW - Outcome research
KW - Process research
KW - Process research
KW - Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapy
KW - Trauma
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U2 - 10.1080/10503300802609698
DO - 10.1080/10503300802609698
M3 - Article
C2 - 19544185
AN - SCOPUS:77549084361
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 19
SP - 633
EP - 643
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 6
ER -