Midterm ( Attachment )

Question 1

Disorders of attachment?

Answer 1

RAD - lack of organized attachment hx, reduced social engagement, emotional regulation difficulties

Dis inhibited social engagement disorder - easily and sometimes uncomfortably and inappropriately establish relationships with unfamiliar results

Question 2

Influential factors for attachment disorders?

Answer 2

Sensitive caregiving
InteraGtions of temp and parenting
Role of father
Parent attachment hx
Marital relations holds
Parents mental well being
Sociocultural context of child rearing

Question 3

Outcomes of attachment problems:

Answer 3

Neurological Dev
Emotional regulation
Personality Dev

Models for future developments

Question 4

Attachment styles?

Answer 4

Ainsworth

Secure

Insecure:
Resistant (anxious ambivalent) - inconsistent caregiver leads to uncertainty of self, parent, situations: anxiety disorder, aggressive and externalizations conduct disorder

Avoidant (anxious avoidant) - ineffective, inadequate, inappropriate caregiving. Kids emotionally constricted and distant, low self worth

Disorganized - parent frightened or frightening, malicious events or separations. Kids unusual behavior and emotions. Approach and avoidant. Dissociation, amnesia, physiologcal disregukation (cortisol, heart)