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Assessing Adult Attachment Using The Dynamic Maturational Model: Exploring A Novel Measure, Albert Pace
Assessing Adult Attachment Using The Dynamic Maturational Model: Exploring A Novel Measure, Albert Pace
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)
The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) is perhaps the most widely used and best-known assessment tool for assessing adult attachment. Several methods for scoring and coding the AAI exist; the Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM) offers one theoretical perspective that accounts for the dynamic nature of attachment in high-risk populations, and incorporates contemporary information processing theory (Crittenden, 2015a). Despite the AAI’s empirical and clinical power, its utilization in both clinical and research practice is time consuming and costly. Conversely, most self-report questionnaires are readily accessible, cost effective, and time efficient. Nevertheless, there has been concern regarding the psychometric …
Biopsychosocial Models Of The Development Of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors, Anne Bernard Arnett
Biopsychosocial Models Of The Development Of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors, Anne Bernard Arnett
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Hyperactivity/attention problems (HAP) and conduct problems (CP) are common and impairing disruptive behaviors in childhood and adolescence. Previous research has established that HAP and CP are highly comorbid, and that outcomes are worse for youth exhibiting both symptom clusters relative to youth with only one disruptive behavior type. Despite ample evidence that HAP and CP share common etiological factors and maladaptive outcomes, the nature of their developmental association remains unclear. This dissertation clarifies three important characteristics of comorbid HAP and CP development, in two replicate, longitudinal, population samples of youth. First, I test the theory that within-person variation in HAP …