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Laws, Sheena Elizabeth. "Emotion perception in early childhood : relations with attachment security and internal working models." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505881.
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Riggs, Shelley Ann. "Adult discourse and internal working models of attachment : relation to history of therapy and mental health /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Walsh, Trudi. "Attachment security and internal working models of relationships during separation from parents and pain experience." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ54541.pdf.
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Gatinho, Ana Rita dos Santos. "O modelo interno dinâmico do self e a qualidade das representações de vnculação em crianças de idade pré-escolar." Master's thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/2337.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário, na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica<br>Com base na Teoria da Vinculação, Bowlby (1971, 1973) propôs que a criança internaliza, progressivamente, representações mentais acerca do self e da própria relação com a figura de vinculação, formando assim dois modelos internos dinâmicos complementares e mutuamente confirmatórios. No entanto, poucos estudos têm procurado analisar a associação entre o self e a qualidade das representações de vinculação, no período pré-escolar, constituindo este o objectivo da presente dissertação de mestrado. Nesta investigação, participaram 32 crianças com idades compreendidas entre os 48 e os 60 meses. A qualidade das representações de vinculação foi acedida através do Attachment Story Completation Task – ASCT (Bretherton, Ridgeway & Cassidy, 1990) e a representação do self através da Puppet Interview (Cassidy, 1988). Com base nos resultados encontrados, foi possível confirmar uma forte associação entre a segurança da representação da relação de vinculação, com a mãe, e a positividade do self. Deste modo, os resultados do presente estudo, vão, na sua generalidade, de encontro aos resultados encontrados em estudos anteriores (Cassidy, 1988, Verschueren, Marcoen e Schoefs, 1996; Verschueren e Marcoen, 1999 Clark e Symons, 2000, Clark e Symons, 2009). ------- ABSTRACT -------
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Webb, Lillian K. "How secure internal working models of attachment relate to satisfaction with social supports and career decision self-efficacy." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1409504.
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The present study considered the relationships between internal working models of adult attachment, satisfaction with social supports, and career decision self efficacy. Theoretical support was found within the context of Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986) and Attachment Theory (Bowiby, 1 973 ; Hazen & Shaver, 1994). A conceptual model was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling to answer the research questions: is there a relationship between secure internal working models of attachment and career decision self efficacy, and if so, is the relationship between secure internal working models of attachment and career decision self efficacy partially mediated by satisfaction with social supports? A third research question was considered: are men and women similar in how they experience internal working models of attachment, satisfaction with social supports, and career decision self efficacy? Participants included 663 college-aged students (457 women; 206 men) from two Midwestern universities, with most being in their first or second year of college (72% freshmen/sophomores; 28% juniors or above). Alternate models for men and women were proposed and a multi-group analysis was conducted to determine if groups were similar. Results indicated that the groups were similar. Models were then combined for a comprehensive model representing both men and women. Findings indicated that there was a direct relationship between secure internal working models of attachment and career decision self efficacy and an indirect relationship that was partially mediated by satisfaction with social supports. Theoretical, research, and practice implications are discussed, as well as methodological limitations to the study. Future directions are offered.<br>Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Zuellig, Andrea R. "A comparison of the effect of three therapies on generalized anxiety disordered adults' self-reported internal working models of attachment." Full text available online (restricted access), 2002. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/Zuellig.pdf.
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Stoppelman, Lynn Ballard. "Intimate Partner Violence in Heterosexual Couples Viewed Through the Lens of Attachment." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10050.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the suitability of using Bowlby's attachment theory as a lens to study intimate partner violence. Extant data from thirty couples self-reporting violence in their relationship, was used. Individual audiotaped interviews from a study unrelated to attachment were transcribed. Ten interviews (five couples) were selected for coding. Applying the modified analytic induction method, as outlined by Gilgun, the data fell into thematic categories that provided a foundation for a narrative about each dyadic system. Representative constructs such as internal working models, adult attachment, caregiving, automatic arousal and abandonment, emerged naturally from the data. The iterative nature of the methodology demanded continual refinement and refocusing. The participants' words painted the picture of violence in their relationship. Direct quotes authenticated the research and gave it an experiential aspect. Results demonstrated that attachment theory is an excellent lens through which to study intimate partner violence, suggesting it be embraced in future family systems research.<br>Master of Science
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Turan, Numan. "The Contribution Of Rumination, Internal Working Models Of Attachment, And Help Seeking Attitudes On Psychological Symptoms Of University Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610972/index.pdf.
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Purpose of the study is to examine the relationship of ruminative tendency, internal working models of attachment (Self-Model and Other-Model) and help seeking attitudes (Positive Beliefs and Negative Beliefs) with psychological symptoms among the university students. In scope of the current research, the mediation role of rumination in the relationship between internal model of self and psychological
symptoms was examined.
By applying convenient sampling procedure, six hundred and ten university students were included into the current study from 9 different state universities in Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish version of Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew &<br>Horowitz, 1991), Relationship Scale Questionnaire (Griffin &<br>Bartholomew,
1994), Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1992), Ruminative Response Scale (Nolen-Hoeksema &<br>Marrow, 1991) and Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help - Shortened (Tü<br>rkü<br>m, 2001) were delivered to the university students at
university campuses.
Multiple regression analyses were implemented to evaluate the research hypotheses. The results revealed that rumination, internal model of others, and negative beliefs about psychological help significantly predicted the increase in
psychological symptoms of Turkish university students. Positive beliefs about psychological help did not relate to psychological symptoms of university students for the current set of data. In addition to this, rumination mediated the relationship between internal model of self and psychological symptoms of university students. The research findings were discussed by relying on the previous research premises.
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Pugliese, Mirella. "An empirical investigation of the Attachment Doll Play, a tool for assessing the internal working models of young children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ34988.pdf.
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Parry, Gwenllian Glyn. "Measuring observable responses during completion of the family drawing task to access internal working models of attachment in middle childhood." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367317.
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Gedon, Katelin. "The Relationship Between Use of Prayer and Students’ Internal Working Model of Attachment in Adjustment to College." Marietta College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marhonors1272125861.
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Ohba, Chie. "The contribution of parents' internal working model of attachment relationships and parenting quality to toddler's autonomy /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Ross, Lynda Rachelle. "An assessment of multiple attachment patterns in adulthood, partner and cognitive factors affecting individual differences in the use of internal working models." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0011/NQ38353.pdf.
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Lee, Alexis. "Does Self-Esteem Mediate the Effect of Attachment on Relationship Quality." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6420.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the possible mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between attachment security and relationship quality. Previous studies have found a positive association between attachment style and relationship quality. One possible explanation for this link may be self-esteem, which has been shown to consistently predict relationship quality. Therefore, I hypothesized that self-esteem may mediate the relationship between attachment and relationship quality. A sample of 680 married couples that completed the sections on attachment, self-esteem, marital satisfaction, marital stability, and problem areas in the relationship of the RELATE questionnaire between 2011 and 2013 was used. The data were analyzed using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to help account for shared variance. Results found that there is a positive link between one's attachment and their level of self-esteem and their own relationship quality. However, results also found negative trend-level effects for the links between attachment and partner's level of self-esteem and self-esteem and own relationship quality. There was no mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between attachment and relationship quality.
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SHIMA, Yoshihiro, та 義弘 島. "内的作業モデルが情報処理に及ぼす影響 : プライムされた関係との関連". 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/16160.
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佐々木, 靖子, Yasuko SASAKI, 葉矢 瀬地山, Haya SECHIYAMA, 秀次 本城 та Shuji HONJO. "Adult Attachment Interviewに関する予備的検討 : 日本の妊婦と青年女子の比較から". 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/3186.
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Rebelo, Ana Sofia Garcia. "Segurança dos modelos internos de vinculação, reminiscência pais-criança e o conhecimento emocional das crianças em idade do pré-escolar." Doctoral thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário das Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3874.
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Tese de Doutoramento apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>O objectivo deste estudo foi verificar se a segurança das representações mentais da relação de vinculação das crianças se correlaciona com um maior conhecimento das emoções, na idade do
pré-escolar. Participaram 176 crianças do distrito de Lisboa, com idades entre os 3 e 5 anos.
Utilizou-se a escala contínua de segurança do Attachment Story Completion Task e o Teste do
Conhecimento das Emoções. Os resultados sugerem que as crianças com modelos internos
seguros apresentam um maior conhecimento das emoções, não havendo influência da capacidade
verbal. Este estudo sugere que crianças com modelos internos seguros experienciam relações
mais calorosas com os seus cuidadores, nas quais é possível partilharem e discutirem
experiências emocionais de forma aberta e suportada permitindo que estas apresentem um maior
conhecimento emocional.<br>ABSTRACT: The present study aims to clarify the relation between attachment representations and emotional knowledge in preschool children. 176 children from Lisbon participated in the study, they were between 3 and 5 years of age. Quality of attachment representations was assessed with the security scale of Attachment Story Completion Task and emotional knowledge was assessed with
the portuguese adaptation of Affect Knowledge Test. Our results suggest that children with secure internal working models show more emotional knowledge. No differences were found regarding verbal ability. These findings suggest that children with secure internal working models experience warmer relationships with their caregivers, sharing and discussing emotional experiences in an open and supported way, allowing for a greater emotional knowledge.<br>Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)<br>Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
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Marques, Ines Lemos Bravo. "Diferenças de género nas representações de vinculação e no conhecimento emocional em crianças de idade pré-escolar." Master's thesis, ISPA -Instituto Universitário, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/2583.
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Com o intuito de identificar o peso da qualidade da vinculação no desenvolvimento emocional e sócio-cognitivo de crianças de idade pré-escolar, foi aplicada a metodologia Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton, Ridgeway & Cassidy, 1990) a uma amostra de 72 crianças de idade pré-escolar. Colocou-se a hipótese de haver variações de género durante o desempenho desta tarefa. Assim, especula-se que quanto melhor a qualidade da vinculação melhor a apropriação e gestão de afectos face a determinados contextos sociais podendo haver especificidades de género no modo como essa apropriação é feita. Espera-se ainda que crianças com Modelos Internos Dinâmicos seguros apresentem melhor conhecimento emocional do que aquelas que tiverem Modelos Internos Dinâmicos inseguros, podendo também ser detectadas subtilezas de género no modo como demonstram esse mesmo conhecimento. Houve uma correlação significativa entre a escala de Coerência e de Segurança nas histórias durante o ASCT. Os resultados do presente trabalho demonstraram que não há diferenças significativas de género a nível da escala de Coerência e de Segurança durante a concretização das tarefas do ASCT. Também se constata que crianças com um vínculo seguro vivem relações mais calorosas com os seus cuidadores e discutem as emoções de forma aberta e apropriada, o que permite que exibam melhor conhecimento e expressão emocionais.<br>The objective of this study was to evaluate how the quality of attachment can influence emotional and socio-cognitive development. The Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton, Ridgeway & Cassidy, 1990) was applied to 72 preschool children. The hypothesis was that there may be gender differences during the concretization of this task, favouring girls in the elaboration of complex speech whereas boys would emphasize assertive solutions to the emotional conflicts in the stories. So, quality of attachment is related to better consolidation of affects and its manifestations under certain social circumstances. There may be differences of gender in these phenomena. It is expected that children with secure Internal Working Models, will show increased emotional knowledge and that there are also differences of gender during the concretization of this task. There was a significant correlation between the security scale of and the scale of Coherence of the stories. Children with secure Internal Working Models showed a successful resolution of the conflicts during the ASCT, whereas children with more unsecure Internal Working Models told inappropriate stories or showed bizarre scenarios during this task. The results of the present work didn’t show any differences of gender during the concretization of the tasks inherent to the ASCT, namely in the scale of Safety and of Coherence. It is also confirmed that children with a secure attachment, experience a warmer relationship with their caregivers, and can talk appropriately about their emotions in certain contexts, which allows them to show a better knowledge and a correct expression about emotions.
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Peterson, Ashlei Margaret. "Taking it Personally: Individual Differences in the Interpretation of Negative Evaluations." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460372882.
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Maia, Joana Branco. "Emergência narrativa e segurança das representações de vinculação no período pré-escolar." Doctoral thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1350.
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Dissertação apresentado ao ISPA-Instituto Universitário para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Psicologia Aplicada: Especialidade Psicologia do Desenvolvimento<br>Constituindo uma das maiores conquistas desenvolvimentais do período pré-escolar, o despontar da competência narrativa espontânea põe em evidência representações mentais da experiência, implicando a atribuição de significados emocionais susceptíveis de serem partilhados e, em última instância, co-construídos. Assinalando a possibilidade de a criança comunicar eventos passados e presentes, bem como expectativas futuras, esta nova capacidade permitir-lhe-á organizar e dar sentidos temporais, causais e avaliativos às suas vivências, simbolizando um passo maior no sentido de poder perceber e regular a sua própria vida emocional (Fivush, 2008). Nos últimos 30 anos, a aceitação desta premissa levou a um aumento significativo na utilização de metodologias de elicitamento de narrativas, apontadas como uma forma válida de estudar a qualidade e a organização dos Modelos Internos Dinâmicos de vinculação. Visando identificar diferenças individuais no modo como as crianças encenam situações relacionadas com a vinculação, o Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990) tem sido utilizado em diferentes culturas, tanto com amostras clínicas como normativas. Contudo, mais estudos são necessários para legitimar a sua validade convergente e discriminante, aspecto dificultado pelo facto de o instrumento não obrigar à utilização de um sistema de classificação único. Dando continuidade à investigação realizada com o ASCT na população portuguesa, os 2 primeiros estudos empíricos apresentados debruçam-se sobre as características psicométricas do instrumento numa amostra normativa de crianças, entre os 3 e os 7 anos. No 1º estudo, os valores de segurança de 159 crianças não apresentaram associações relevantes com variáveis sócio-demográficas familiares, nem com a idade dos participantes. Foi encontrada uma associação positiva, fraca, com o Q.I. verbal, avaliado através da WPPSI-R. Numa sub-amostra de 34 crianças, verificou-se que o valor de segurança global, intra-sujeitos, se manteve moderadamente estável após 11 meses. No 2º estudo as narrativas de 73 crianças foram analisadas, de forma independente, por duas equipas de investigadores, respectivamente treinadas no Sistema de cotação e classificação de Dusseldorf e na Escala de Segurança. A análise associativa dos valores inter-sistemas, mostrou que estes se encontram apenas moderadamente correlacionados. Com base em excertos narrativos, discute-se a possibilidade de os dois sistemas se debaterem com dimensões representacionais distintas, com especial atenção a ser dada à potencial influência do género neste âmbito. No 3º estudo, 38 díades mãe/criança e 27 díades pai/criança participaram, de forma independente, numa tarefa de reminiscência sobre eventos partilhados passados (Fivush & Fromhoff, 1988). Os resultados mostram fortes ligações entre as características elaborativas do estilo narrativo parental e a participação activa da criança na tarefa, com a especificidade relacional a revelar -se um aspecto saliente. Fornecendo suporte empírico a um dos pressupostos principais da Teoria da Vinculação, relativo ao facto de a presença de abertura emocional na relação criança/cuidador constituir um aspecto vital para a organização de modelos internos seguros, a presença de hostilidade na interacção mostrou-se negativamente associada com a segurança das narrativas ASCT concorrentemente produzidas pelas crianças. Os dados sugerem ainda que a elaboração discursiva paterna desempenha, um papel específico, facilitador, neste âmbito, apoiando a tese de que as trocas comunicativas com a figura paterna poderão contribuir para o desenvolvimento das competências de partilha narrativa das crianças pré-escolares com outros parceiros sociais. ---------- ABSTRACT ---------- Being one of the greatest developmental achievements within the preschool period, the beginning of spontaneous narrative competence highlights children’s mental representations of experience, implying the attribution of emotional meanings which are susceptible to be shared and, ultimately, co-constructed. Enabling the communication of past and present events, as well as future expectations, this new capacity will allow children to organize and to give temporal, causal and evaluative meanings to daily happenings, representing a major step towards the abilities of understanding and regulating their own emotional lives (see Fivush, 2008).Over the past 30 years, the accepting of this premise has led to a significant increase in the use of narrative eliciting methodologies, identified as a valid way to study the quality and organization of children’s Internal Working Models. The Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990) was created with the aim of identifying individual differences in how children enact different situations related to attachment. So far, it has been used in different cultures, with both normative and clinical samples. Yet, more studies are needed to legitimize its convergent and discriminative validity, goal that has not been fully accomplished partially due to the fact that the instrument allows researchers to use a great diversity of coding systems. Amplifying the research made with the ASCT in the Portuguese population, the first 2 empirical studies focus mainly on the psychometric characteristics presented by the instrument, when applied to a normative sample of children aged between 3 and 7 years old. In the 1st study, 159 children’s ASCT security showed no significant associations with socio-demographic family variables, neither with participants’ age. We found a positive association, though weak, with the verbal I.Q., assessed with the WPPSI-R. In a subsample of 34 children, it was found that, when considered globally and at the intra-subject level, security remained moderately stable after 11 months. In the 2nd study the narratives of 73 children were analyzed independently by two research teams trained, respectively, in the Dusseldorf Coding and Classification System and in a Security Scale. The associative analysis of the inter-systems values showed that these two systems seem to be only moderately interrelated. Based on narrative passages, it is discussed the possibility that the two systems emphasize different representational dimensions, with special attention being given to gender issues. In the 3rd study, 38 mother/child and 27 father/child dyads participated, independently, in a memory-talk task (Fivush & Fromhoff, 1988). The results show strong links between the elaborative features of parental narrative style and children's active participation in the task, with relational specificity showing to be an important aspect. Providing empirical support for one of Attachment’s Theory most central assumptions (i.e. open emotional communication within the child/caregiver relationship uphold the organization of secure IWM), the presence of hostility in the dyadic interaction was negatively associated with the security of the ASCT narratives concurrently produced. Data also suggest that the elaborative features of fathers’ narrative style play a specific, facilitating, role, in preschoolers’ organization of secure attachment representations. Therefore, support is given to the thesis that communicative exchanges with the father figure may foster preschoolers’ competences regarding narrative sharing with other social partners.<br>Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
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Bortz, Patrick Robert. "Interrelations of Family Differentiation, Attachment, and Parenting with Identity Development in Emerging Adults." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1592601478258601.
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Olsen, D. Rachel. "Childhood attachment patterns and internalized working models of attachment." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117115.
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In this study, results from Epstein's (1983) study were replicated and parental acceptance was found to be significantly correlated with measures of global self-esteem and lovability. This study extends his work to examine the unique effect of parental nonconcordance (i.e., one parent experienced as accepting and the other parent experienced as rejecting). Undergraduate students (N = 259) completed the Mother-Father-Peer Scale and the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis supported the hypotheses that mother acceptance is a better predictor of global self-esteem and lovability than father acceptance in cases of parental nonconcordance. The results are discussed in lights of Bowlby's (1969/1982. 1973, & 1980) attachment theory, the construct of internal working models of attachment and the hierarchical nature of these models.<br>Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Julal, Fay. "Young adults' attachment and caregiving working models : features and functions." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2005. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/426720/.
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Using attachment theory as the theoretical framework and social-cognitive, observational and self-report methods of data collection, this thesis addressed important questions peliaining to attachment and care giving in young adulthood. This research is part of the growing field of adult attachment research from a social and personality psychology perspective. It has addressed a relatively new theme in adult attachment research: individual differences in caregiving toward romantic partners and peers. This thesis addressed three main research questions. The first addressed the affect of romantic care giving on emotional well-being and evaluations of the self and romantic relationship. Romantic caregiving lead to temporary changes in the selfesteem and relationship dissatisfaction of young adult support-seekers. These changes were moderated by support-seekers' attachment orientation and perceived distress. The second focus addressed the way in which experiences of receiving care from attachment figures in childhood (i.e., mother and father) and young adulthood (romantic partner and peer) shaped young adults' caregiving ability. Results revealed that the way in which care is received from attachment figures shapes the way in which care is provided. Specific patterns of influence were found: same-sex parent and identification, opposite-sex parent and matching of features between the attachments (e.g., nature of dyad). The third focus addressed Collins and Read's (1994) propositions regarding the structural features of working models of attachment and caregiving. Model strength and model elaboration as an indicator of model strength were operationalised and hierarchical regressions were used to examine the way in which structural features moderate relationship-specific influences on adult caregiving. Findings are discussed in terms of their support for social-cognitive perspectives on attachment theory, their relevance for informing clinical and therapeutic interventions, the intergenerational continuity of care giving patterns and the importance of romantic care giving from an evolutionary perspective.
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Dolenszky, Eva. "Children's and adolescents' internal working models of peer interaction." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33280.
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The present study examined whether children and adolescents develop mental models of peer relations that reflect observed gender differences in size and in density of friendship structures. A total of 278 children and adolescents, ranging from preschool level to CEGEP, participated in the study. Participants were given a questionnaire, consisting of schematic drawings of different forms of peer interactions, to assess their ideas about how friendships are organized for children of their age. Results indicated that both female and male participants at all grade levels judged typical boys to have a greater preference for group than dyadic interactions than did typical girls. Typical girls, however, were not judged to have preference for either dyadic or group interactions. Results also indicated that both female and male participants at all grades judged that the probability of mutual friends also being friends as higher for typical boys than for typical girls. Overall, the findings from the present study demonstrated that children and adolescents of both genders possess internal working models of peer interactions, beginning in early childhood, that are gender differentiated in a way that reflects patterns of behaviour.
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Sims, Ann E. B. "Working models of attachment, the impact of emotionally focused marital therapy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0018/NQ46545.pdf.
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James, G. O. "Using working models of attachment to understand paranoia in the general population." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1471474/.
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The focus of this thesis is on paranoia and the factors that are thought to influence its development and maintenance. This thesis consists of three parts. Part one presents a systematic literature review on the evidence for a hostile attribution bias in paranoia. No systematic review has yet considered the extent to which this social cognitive bias is associated with paranoia. The evidence for this relationship is considered in the context of both clinical and non-clinical populations. The results supported hostility bias as being significantly associated with the specific experience of paranoia, rather than the broad diagnosis of psychosis. Part two is an empirical paper on attachment style as a predictor of paranoia in a non-clinical population. The results supported the relationship between paranoia and hostility bias, as expected, but in the context of attachment style this relationship was no longer significant. As per our hypotheses, attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were both highly significant predictors of paranoia, suggesting that hostility bias was an expression of attachment style. Findings are discussed in relation to the evidence base, new directions for future research and clinical practice recommendations. Part three is a critical appraisal discussing conceptual issues, development of the methodology and reflections on the research process.
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Creath, Maxine Kay. "The Relationship of Adult Attachment Styles to Working Models and Behaviors in Marriage." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279320/.
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The relationship between adult attachment style and romantic relationship quality in marriage relationships was explored. Romantic relationship quality was measured at the working model (or perceptual) and the behavioral levels. No previous research had investigated romantic relationship quality as reflecting specific attachment related perceptions of self and spouse or as attachment related behaviors. Two hundred and six married subjects were recruited from university campuses, churches, and on an individual basis. Most of the subjects were white, middle class, and had children. Subjects completed self-report questionnaires measuring adult attachment style, working model of self and romantic partner, and reports of relationship behaviors of self and romantic partner. The first hypothesis proposed that attachment style differences would be seen in specific attachment related working models of self and romantic partner. The second hypothesis proposed that attachment style differences would be seen in reports of attachment related behaviors for self and romantic partner. Hypotheses were tested using multivariate analysis of variance.
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Lynn, Amy Elizabeth. "Internal Working Models as Predictors of Social Information Processing in Maltreated Children." NCSU, 2009. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11212008-143448/.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether childrenâs internal working models predict their social information processing with their peers. Specifically, the study examined if the self representations, parent representations, and attachment themes of maltreated children predicted their attributions of intent or response generation. Participants were a sample of 65 maltreated children who were in preschool, kindergarten, or first grade at the time of the assessment. The MacArthur Story Stem Battery was used to assess childrenâs internal working models and the Home Interview with Children was used to assess social information processing. A number of significant correlations were found between childrenâs representations of themselves, their parents and their expressed attachment themes. Findings also indicated that only childrenâs positive self representations predicted their response generation, in that children who represented themselves positively had fewer aggressive responses. However, negative self representations, parent representations and attachment themes did not significantly predict attributions of intent or response generation.
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Taylor, Lisa Marie Pittman Joe F. "Negative adult romantic relationship experiences and working models of self and other." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Summer/doctoral/TAYLOR_LISA_34.pdf.
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Harrell, Dylan L. "The Associations between Interpersonal Identity, Perceived Parenting, and Internal Working Models among College Students." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10615260.
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<p> Developing a sense of self as an independent and unique person, or identity, is an important developmental milestone for adolescents and young adults. Thus, understanding the factors that influence an individual’s identity is useful. This thesis examines two factors that influence interpersonal identity: internal working models of attachment and perceived parenting. Internal working models are an individual’s cognitive roadmaps of self-worthiness and other-trustworthiness. Perceived parenting consists of perceptions of parental support and parental over-control during childhood and adolescence. A sample of 397 college students (107 males, 287 females, 2 others) receiving course credit at a Southern university were surveyed using online Likert-type questionnaires to determine whether or not internal working models of attachment mediate the relation between perceived parenting and interpersonal identity. Results indicated that there was evidence that internal working models do mediate the relation between perceived parenting and interpersonal identity. However, this research will need to be approached longitudinally and use objective assessments of parental behaviors, rather than subjective assessments. However, there is enough evidence in this study to continue the endeavor.</p><p>
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Jellis, Jerry. "Attachment style, working models of sexuality, and their relation to safer sex behaviour in young adults." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ63881.pdf.
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Gayton, Jane E. "Working models of attachment and health threats, distress, appraisal, coping and health-related behaviours in colorectal cancer." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ66147.pdf.
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Eliasson, Cecilia. "Skam och anknytning : Anknytningstypens samvariation med upplevelse och hantering av skam." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-18791.
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Denna undersökning hade för avsikt att granska relationen mellan skam och vuxenanknytning. Både skam och anknytning har genom tidigare forskning visat sig vara arbetsmodeller som grundläggs tidigt i människors liv och som påverkar vår självuppfattning, självkänsla och hur vi relaterar och fungerar med andra människor. Dessa inre modeller förblir relativt stabila under vår livstid. Med hjälp av självskattningsformulär mättes deltagarnas anknytningstyp och deras upplevelse och hantering av skam. Resultaten visar på en signifikant skillnad mellan anknytningskategori och självrapporterad nivå av skamuppleverser. Trygg anknytning och otrygg/avvisande anknytning uppger lägre poäng på skamskattningsskalan ESS medan otrygg/ängslig och otrygg/upptagen uppger högre poäng på skamskattningsskalan ESS. Detta ger stöd åt tidigare forskning som gjorts om anknytning och skam. Ytterligare forskning behövs, kvantitativ och kvalitativ från olika vinklar, för att få en djupare förståelse för dessa komplexa mekanismer mer ingående och hur det dynamiska samspelet mellan dem.<br>This study examined the relationship between shame and adult attachment. Both shame and attachment has in previous studies shown to be working-models whitch are made early in peoples life and which effects our self-image, selfesteem and how we relate och function together with other people.These inner working-models are relativly stable across life-span. With use of self-report, mesures of adult attachment and shame was made and the results showed a significant difference between the type of adult attachment and self-reported shame level. Secure attachment and unsecure/dissmissive attachment reported lower levels of shame in the self-reported messure Experience of Shame Scale ESS while the unsecure/fearful and unsecure/preoccupied reported higer levels of shame in the self-reported messure Experience of Shame Scale ESS. This supportes previous studies made in attachment and shame. More reaserch is needed to, in a profound way, understand these komplex mechanisms.
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Ubha, Neerose. "Building the attachments between a group of withdrawn and passive children and a 'secure base' in the school : how can we shift a child's internal working model?" Thesis, University of East London, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533053.
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The theory of attachment, proposed by Child Developmentalist John Bowlby, has been one of the most successful paradigms introduced to psychology, with the core hypotheses being widely supported (e.g., Cassidy & Shaver, 1999; Goldberg, 2000; Grossmann, Grossmann & Waters, 2005; Sroufe, Egeland, Carlson & Collins, 2005a). John Bowlby regarded attachment as a biological instinct which evolves to ensure the survival of the vulnerable young (Bowlby, 1969). In light of the implications of attachment theory and research for practice, there remains a lack of research exploring interventions which encapsulate the principles of an attachment-based framework in the school context. The principle aim of this research was to address this gap in the literature by implementing an intervention designed to focus upon building the attachment between a group of five primary-aged pupils with identified insecure attachment styles, and a key adult figure in the school context. The intervention hoped to support the children to form a more positive sense of themselves and themselves in relation to others. The ten week intervention consisted of weekly one hour sessions based in a mixed, Church of England mainstream primary school within an outer London borough, in which the researcher worked as an Educational Psychologist. The research adopted a mixed methodology, with a predominant qualitative approach, with descriptive quantitative analysiS. The perceptions of children in relation to attachment concepts were explored both before and following the intervention using a semi-structured interview. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Quantitative tools were also used, including behaviour rating scales completed by the children's class teachers, pre and post intervention. The findings revealed positive changes in the children's behaviours and experiences following the attachment intervention. These observations gave rise to theoretical and practical implications, foremost, that Internal Working Models can be positively shifted to some degree, and have an impact on the child's social and emotional behaviours. Practical implications focussed on the implementation for developing attachment-based interventions with adults in the school setting, in order to enhance their sensitivity to children's attachment needs and facilitate children's perceptions of the teacher and school context as a 'secure base'. Further implications of the research discussed areas such as pre-service training for teachers and partnerships with parents. Future avenues of research in relation to this study were explored. The research highlighted the essential role that adults in the school context can play in the lives of vulnerable children with insecure attachment difficulties.
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Call, Matthew Lloyd. "The Relationship Between Romantic Relationship Initiation Processes of Single LDS Emerging Adults and Change in Attachment Working Models with Implications for Practice." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4121.
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Relationship initiation is an integral part of romantic relationship development and a key developmental task of emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2004). In addition, relationship initiation practices (such as dating) have the capacity to impact the fluctuating levels of attachment insecurity (whether anxiety or avoidance) that an individual experiences over the course of emerging adulthood (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007). In the present study, I utilized latent growth curve modeling to examine whether certain dating variables (first dates, second or more dates, relationship breakups, dateless weeks) compiled over a 32 week dating history, as well as age and gender could predict change in attachment anxiety and avoidance over four time points in a sample of 309 Latter-day Saint (LDS) emerging adults. Results indicate that dateless weeks and second or more dates predicted the rate of change (i.e. slope) of attachment anxiety and that the overarching model accounted for 25% of the variance in the slope of anxiety. Findings also showed that age predicted initial levels (i.e. intercept) of attachment anxiety and that gender predicted initial levels of attachment avoidance. Findings were discussed in terms of theoretical significance and clinical application.
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Gilbert, Christine. "A study of the relations between internal representational models of attachment relationships and pro-social behaviour in school amongst primary school aged girls." Thesis, Bangor University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401926.
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Sampson, Allison. "INFORMING SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: A COURSE INTERVENTION MODEL FOR HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH YOUTH AND PROBLEMS OF CONDUCT." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2306.
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention model designed to enhance practitioners’ biological lens when using a biopsychosocial-spiritual model of holistic assessment and planning. The specific intervention utilized is a course curriculum developed to broaden human service professionals’ (including clinical social work professionals) understanding of attachment theory, neuroscience and trauma informed methods of practice. The course teaches professionals how to apply this knowledge to clinical assessment and intervention planning with youth who have experienced significant trauma in their lives and exhibit problems of conduct. Using an experimental design, participants from a large private mental health organization were asked to evaluate the impact of curriculum on their 1) knowledge of attachment theory, trauma informed practice and neurobiology; 2) attitudes concerning the relevance of trauma-informed practice, the biological perspective and consequence focused models of intervention; and 3) assessment and intervention planning strategies. The curriculum focused its application on youth who have experienced significant levels of trauma and display conduct related behavior problems. Group differences for the workshop intervention group and waitlist control group are discussed. Additionally, a preliminary evaluation of differences between two different intervention groups (participants in the Distance Learning version of the course and the Workshop Seminar version of the course) was conducted.
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Gustman, Brian D. "AN EXAMINATION OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE WORKING MODEL OF THE CHILD INTERVIEW CODING SCHEME WITH BIOLOGICAL MOTHERS WHO HAVE MALTREATED." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/30.
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There are hundreds of thousands of children living in foster care in the United States on any given day. Mental health professionals may be called upon to assist with evaluating the parental capacity of these children’s parents in order to inform reunification decisions. One of the key parental capacity domains to be evaluated is the relationship between parent and child (Schmidt et al., 2007). The Working Model of the Child Interview coding scheme (WMCI; Zeanah et al., 1996) is one tool for evaluating this relationship. There is a significant practice-to-research gap with this measure. To date, no peer-reviewed studies have established the WMCI coding scheme’s psychometric properties; the need for such research with this measure has been cited in the literature (Sprang, Clark, & Bass, 2005).
In this dissertation, the literature was reviewed on attachment theory and internal working models of caregiving, the WMCI and other measures of similar constructs, the importance of establishing a measure’s construct and criterion-validity, and forensic standards for measures. Then, it outlined a series of research questions aimed at exploring the psychometric properties of the WMCI Coding Scheme with mothers who have maltreated. Next, the methodology was described. Based on the results of the 403 biological mothers who completed the WMCI as part of court-appointed evaluations following child maltreatment, the items of the WMCI Coding Scheme were best conceptualized using two-factors: Quality and Content. This finding was consistent with the manual. Significant differences in item-level scores existed for all three WMCI descriptive classifications and for overall factor scores. Due to the instability of the two-item Content factor, this dissertation explored the use of a WMCI Total Score (combining the two factors) and using only the WMCI Quality factor and items. No significant relationships existed between any demographic characteristics and WMCI factor scores. Weak, negative correlations with other measures provided some evidence of convergent validity. In conclusion, some potential clinical/research implications for the WMCI Coding Scheme were made and limitations and future directions were described.
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Marreiros, Ana Catarina Nunes. "Os dialectos do inconsciente: Uma visão psicanalítica e desenvolvimental sobre a asma psicossomática em relação com as falhas nas relações objectais primárias." Master's thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/2510.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica, apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>Partindo de uma abordagem psicanalítica e desenvolvimental assente, por um lado nos
pressupostos conceptuais psicanalíticos freudianos; da escola de Psicossomática de Paris
(Pierre Marty), dos postulados de W. Bion e D. Winnicott e das concepções integradoras de
A. Green, acerca dos aspectos psicanalíticos, desenvolvimentais e neurofisiológicos
inerentes às perturbações psicossomáticas; e por outro lado, nas principais teorias
evolutivas da vinculação postuladas por J. Bowlby e M. Ainsworth, focámo-nos na análise
comparativa de estudos de caso, de sujeitos asmáticos, em que subjacente à sua
problemática se desenhe um histórico de vivência traumática (de perda, separação ou
rejeição) que possa estar na origem de falhas nas relações vinculativas primárias, ou
póstumas. A nossa hipótese é a de que, reside precisamente neste núcleo relacional
primário, a pedra basilar do complexo sistema bidirecional e indissociável que é o corpomente.
As conclusões a que chegámos é que estas falhas relacionais primárias decorrentes
do trauma se reflectem nos modelos internos dinâmicos actuais, e por conseguinte nos
padrões de relação objectal ao longo da vida, além de subjacentes às principais angústias e
mecanismos defensivos, em que a somatização, representa a expressão maior e mais visível
do que constitui a angústia de perda do Objecto. A asma, parece representar nestes sujeitos, a
incapacidade simbólica de dar forma e sentido aos afectos avassaladores, mas também e
sobretudo como a materialização da profunda angústia de perda do objecto de amor, cuja
relação anaclítica ao longo da vida é análoga à função do cordão umbilical nas fases
primitivas da existência intrauterina.<br>ABSTRACT: From a psychoanalytic and developmental approach based, on the one hand in
psychoanalytic conceptual assumptions of Freud, the Psychosomatic School of Paris
(Pierre Marty), of W. Bion and D. Winnicott postulates and the integrative conceptions of
A. Green, concerning psychoanalytic, developmental and neurophysiological aspects
inherent to psychosomatic disorders; and on the other hand, in the main evolutionary
theories of attachment postulated by J. Bowlby and M. Ainsworth, we focused on the
comparative analysis of case studies in asthmatic subjects, in which underlying its
problematic draw up a history of traumatic experience (loss, separation or rejection) that
may be the cause of failed primary relationships, or posthumous. Our hypothesis is that, in
the primary relational core lies the cornerstone of this bidirectional and inseparable
complex system that is the body-mind. The conclusions we have reached is that these
failures, arising from primary relational trauma, are reflected in current internal working
models and therefore in the relationship patterns throughout life. Plus behind major
anxieties and defense mechanisms, in which somatization represents the largest and most
visible expression of what constitutes the object loss anxiety. Asthma seems to represent in
these subjects, the inability to symbolize and give meaning to this overwhelming affects,
but also and above all as the embodiment of a profound loss anxiety of the object’s love,
whose anaclitic relationship through lifespan is analogous to the function of the umbilical
cord in the primitive stages of intrauterine existence.
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Petersson, Mikaela, and Nina Mujagic. "En glädje för hela familjen : Familjehemsföräldrars berättelser om sina relationer med placerade ensamkommande barn och ungdomar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65053.
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The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of how foster parents of unaccompanied children and youths build and maintain relations with the foster placed children. Furthermore, this study highlights the foster parents’ view of being a foster parent and the effects of the commitment of being a foster home. The empirical material data has been collected by interviews with seven foster parents’ in Sweden and the theories that have been used for the analysis of the result are systems theory and a concept from the attachment theory, called internal working models. The conclusions of this study are that foster parents of unaccompanied children and youths have an ability to establish a valuable relationship with said children, however they experience cultural and linguistic difficulties in the process of establishing a relationship with the youths and children. Another conclusion is that the foster parents’ family lives have changed in positive terms while being a foster home.
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Pettersson, Anna, and Anna Larsson. ""There is no business on a dead planet" : En fallstudie av interna kommunikationsprocesser om hållbara arbetssätt i IT-konsultbranschen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-416775.
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Sustainability has become increasingly important in global debates and in world politics, where the UN has formulated 17 sustainability goals. This has led to increased pressure on companies to focus more on sustainability. However, sustainability is a broad and difficult concept, where there is a lack of understanding of sustainable working methods. The purpose of the thesis is thus to study how companies transforms strategic approaches into something concrete and how it is communicated to organizations. Through a case study of a sustainability-leading IT consulting company, the research questions; "How does management translate sustainable strategies into concrete initiatives for communicating sustainable approaches?" and "What can be understood about the challenges of communicating sustainable ways of working through the organisations internal communicative processes?", is being answered. Based on the theoretical framework of the thesis, on Sensemaking and Double Loop Learning, the communication process has been mapped within the company, through semi-structured interviews supplemented with qualitative document analysis. The results show three main challenges: (1) to concrete sustainability and sustainable working methods; (2) to communicate and establish a unified understanding of sustainability and sustainable working practices throughout the organization; (3) to establish systems thinking for sustainable working methods.
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Chen, Shu-Ching, and 陳淑卿. "An Analysis and Comparison of Internal Working Model of Attachments of the Insecure Attachment Senior High School Students." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33555357571987561891.
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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>輔導與諮商研究所<br>96<br>An Analysis and Comparison of Internal Working Model of Attachments of the Insecure Attachment Senior High School Students
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The major purpose of this study was to explore the internal working model of attachments of the insecure attachment senior high school students. Attachment type checklist, developed by the researcher, was preliminarily used to sift out six of the insecure attachment senior high school students. The process of interviewing was tape-recorded and copied down verbatim as researching materials. Then, case analysis, classification of types, and comparison among different types were conducted according to the framework developed by Collins and Read’s (1994) “Internal Working Model” and Horney’s (1945) “A Model for Conceptualizing Client Dynamic.” The findings of this study were as follows: First, the interviewee A’s internal working model of attachments belonged to the pleasing（moving toward others）type. Second, the interviewee B’s internal working model of attachments belonged to the pleasing type and secondarily the avoiding (moving away from others) type . Third, the interviewee C’s internal working model of attachments primarily belonged to the avoiding type and the pleasing type. Fourth, the interviewee D’s internal working model of attachments primarily belonged to the avoiding (moving away from others) type, the intimidating (moving against others) type and the pleasing type. Fifth, the interviewee E’s internal working model of attachments belonged to the intimidating type. Sixth, the interviewee F’s internal working model of attachments belonged to the intimidating type. Seventh, the researcher compared the differences of the interviewees’ internal working models of attachments. The researcher found that the interviewee’s internal working models of attachments were special, characteristic, complex and stable, and formed the hierarchical network of attachment representations. The early parenthood would influence the development of the brotherhood and the companionship. Because of the different grown-up experiences and backgrounds, the interviewees’ internal working models of attachments were different, and their problems in relationships and behaviors were different, too. Besides, the people of the three insecure types had the negative parenthood, brotherhood, and companionship. They tended to have negative feelings. This study also found that the tools of classifying attachment types had the limits because the attachment types can’t be clearly distinct. Besides, the theory of attachment types had problems because it was not easy to find the typical avoiding type and some interviewees had more than one attachment types. Last, the researcher advanced the suggestions for counselors and for future study.
Keywords: attachment relationship, attachment types, internal working model of attachments.
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Rebelo, Ana Sofia Garcia. "A avaliação dos modelos internos de vinculação em crianças no pré-escolar." Master's thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4143.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>As crianças na idade do pré-escolar formam representações mentais ou
modelos internos das relações de vinculação e ao longo do tempo são capazes de
contar com essas representações para se sentirem seguras, mesmo na ausência da
figura de vinculação. Alguns autores sugerem que nesta idade é possível aceder a
estes modelos internos formados pelas crianças, através do método de finalização
das narrativas. No presente estudo foram avaliadas 69 crianças portuguesas do
pré-escolar com o Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT) (Bretherton &
Ridgeway, 1990). Cada história está formulada de forma a desencadear respostas
correspondentes a uma questão particular da vinculação. Com este instrumento
pretendeu-se aceder aos modelos internos das crianças e avaliar os valores de
Segurança, Coerência e Resolução. Da análise que foi efectuada, constatou-se que
este instrumento é apropriado para avaliar os modelos internos de vinculação na
referida amostra, verificando-se correlações positivas e significativas entre os
mesmos. Da análise das histórias, a figura que foi preferencialmente escolhida
pelas crianças para resolver o problema central das mesmas foi a mãe, o que está
relacionados com o facto da mãe ser a figura que frequentemente presta os
cuidados e responde às necessidades de conforto, alimentação e afecto da criança.
Estes dados evidenciam que as narrativas das crianças no ASCT parecem
restabelecer o que estas experienciam com as suas figuras parentais na relação de
vinculação e uma produção apropriada de narrativas por parte das crianças pode
providenciar o acesso a um script de base segura.<br>ABSTRACT: Children in pre-school age form mental representations or internal working
models of attachment relationships and are able to use these representations in
order to fell secure, even in the absence of the attachment figure. Some authors
suggest that in this age it is possible to access these internal models, through the
development of narratives. Sixty-nine portuguese children were studied through
the Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT) (Bretherton and Ridgeway, 1990).
Each history is formulated to unleash corresponding answers to a particular
question of attachment. With this instrument it was possible to access children’
internal models and to value the Security, Coherence and Resolution. Positive and
significant correlations were found between the values, which validates the usage
of this instrument in valuating internal working models. The results show that the
mother was the most chosen figure by the children to resolve the central problem,
which makes sense, since it is the mother who more frequently provides care and
responds to the necessities of comfort, food and affection of the child. These
results show that the ASCT narratives not only portrait the experiences between
the children and their parental figures, but also allow us to access a secure base
scrip.
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Steckley, Patricia Lynn. "An examination of the relationship between clients' attachment experiences, their internal working models of self and others, and therapists' empathy in the outcome of process-experiential and cognitive-behavioural therapies /." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=442354&T=F.
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Amaral, Vera Lúcia de Sousa. "A confiança como base segura para a felicidade." Master's thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4656.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>O objectivo do presente estudo exploratório é compreender como a resolução
do dilema confiança versus desconfiança, da teoria psicossocial, pode despoletar a
falha básica e consequentemente afectar a vinculação da diade e tríade. Analisando
os modelos operantes internos, que servem de base para todas as relações afectivas
e sociais, entendendo a sua influencia na resolução dos dilemas psicossociais ao
longo de um ciclo de vida. Para operacionalizar este estudo, aplicou-se o método da
entrevista semi-directiva de história vida, o inventário estado-traço de ansiedade, o
script de base segura e “o que é a felicidade?” a dez indivíduos, de quatro
universidades seniores, cinco pessoas do género feminino e cinco do género
masculino. Analisando a sua história de como foram ultrapassando as adversidades
de uma vida, enfrentando os medos e conquistando a sua felicidade.
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Maia, Rita Andreia Reis. "De que modo os modelos internos dinâmicos do pai têm repercussões no envolvimento com o seu filho?" Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3983.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>Este estudo tem como objectivo perceber de que modo os modelos internos dinâmicos
do pai têm repercussões no envolvimento com o seu filho, colmatando a lacuna existente na
literatura. A amostra é constituída por 54 díades mãe/criança e pai/criança e as crianças têm,
em média, 32.26 meses (DP=3.03). As famílias pertencem a um nível socio-económico
médio/médio alto e todos os pais e mães trabalhavam fora de casa. Este estudo utilizou as
Narrativas de Representação da Vinculação em Adultos (Waters & Rodrigues-Doolabh, 2004)
para analisar os modelos internos dos pais e aplicou aos mesmos um questionário sobre o seu
envolvimento com os seus filhos (Monteiro, Veríssimo, Castro & Oliveira, 2006). Os
resultados indicam que os pais que possuem um script de base segura nas narrativas
Adulto/Criança, encontram-se mais envolvidos nos cuidados práticos prestados aos seus
filhos, o que permite afirmar que as relações precoces estão a motivar um maior envolvimento
nas actividades práticas comparativamente às relações que os adultos estabelecem
actualmente.<br>ABSTRACT: This study aims to understand how the father’s internal working models can cause
repercussions in the involvement with his child, bridging the gap in the literature. The sample
consists of 54 dyads mother/child and father/child and children have, on average, 32.26
months (SD=3.03). Families belong to a medium/medium high socio-economic level and all
fathers and mothers work outside the home. This study used The “Narrative Assessment of
Adult Attachment Representations” (Waters & Rodrigues-Doolabh, 2004) to analyze the
father’s internal working models and applied to them a questionnaire about their involvement
with their children (Monteiro, Veríssimo, Castro & Oliveira, 2006). The results indicate that
fathers who have a secure base script in the narratives Adult/Child, are more involved in
practical care to their children, which allow us to affirm that early relationships are motivating
a greater involvement in practical activities compared to current relationships that adults
establish.
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Lévesque, Nicolas. "La relation entre l’attachement et la représentation de la figure paternelle dans le jeu symbolique du garçon d’âge préscolaire." Thèse, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/3476.
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Cette recherche a été inspirée par les travaux de John Bowlby sur l’attachement ainsi que par les écrits psychanalytiques de Sigmund Freud et de Donald Winnicott sur le développement de la relation père-garçon. Trois objectifs ont été formulés dans la présente étude : A) Les jeunes garçons d’âge préscolaire pourraient-ils projeter, à travers quelques sessions de jeu symbolique libre, leurs représentations paternelles? B) S’ils les projettent, quelle est la nature de ces représentations paternelles? C) Existe-t-il une relation entre le type d’attachement (évalué par un instrument standard) et les représentations paternelles projetées dans le jeu symbolique libre?
Dix garçons de quatre ans ont été filmés à la maison et dans une garderie pendant, en moyenne, quatre sessions totalisant par enfant, une durée moyenne de deux heures trente minutes de jeu symbolique. Le type d’attachement a été évalué à l’aide de l’Attachment Story Completion Task. Les résultats démontrent que l’ensemble des garçons ont été en mesure de projeter des représentations paternelles basées sur la figure du père. Tous ces garçons ont perçu le père comme une figure de protection et huit enfants sur dix ont exprimé verbalement leur attachement à ce dernier. Un enfant de type évitant (type A) n’a pas évoqué la figure du père dans son jeu. Ce père était rarement à la maison pour s’occuper de son garçon. Enfin, le dernier enfant, de type ambivalent (un enfant particulièrement agressif de type C), a présenté dans son jeu des interactions négatives avec le père et ce, tout au long des sessions de jeu symbolique. Il appert ainsi que le jeu symbolique permet à l’enfant de projeter des représentations de la figure
paternelle. Ces représentations sont en lien avec le type d’attachement que l’enfant détient au moment de l’évaluation.<br>This research was inspired by the work of John Bowlby on infant attachment and the psychoanalytic writings of Freud and Winnicott on the father figure. Three objectives were formulated for this exploratory study; a) Will the young preschool boy spontaneously project his paternal representations in the context of a series of symbolic free play sessions? b) If so, what is the nature of the paternal representations? c) Is there a relationship between the type of attachment as evaluated with a standardized instrument and the paternal representation projected into the free play sessions?
Ten four year old boys were filmed in their own homes and in the daycare setting during an average of four sessions each for a total of two and a half hours. The type of attachment was evaluated with the Attachment Story Completion Task. The results showed that all of the boys were capable of projecting paternal representations onto the father figures. All of the children perceived these figures as a source of protection and eight out of ten verbally expressed their attachment to them. One insecure boy (type A) did not invoke the father figure in his play and in real life his father was rarely at home. The remaining insecure boy (a very angry type C) showed consistent negative interaction with the father figure throughout the sessions. It seems that the symbolic play allow the child to project adequatly the representation of the father figure. These representations are linked to the attachment type that the children possessed at the moment of the evaluation.
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Garcia, Filipa Maria Caldeira da Silva. "Vinculação e modelos internos dinâmicos : Da representação sensorio-motora à representação simbólica." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5766.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Psicologia na área de especialidade Psicologia do Desenvolvimento apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário<br>O presente estudo, baseado na teoria da vinculação de Bowlby/Ainsworth, tem como objetivo geral analisar a continuidade da qualidade da vinculação nos anos préescolares e a sua relação com a qualidade de vinculação educador-criança. Primeiramente, analisámos as associações entre os comportamentos de base segura da criança com a mãe e da criança com o pai e as representações de vinculação nos anos pré-escolares, numa amostra de 71 díades mãe-criança e pai-criança, utilizámos como instrumentos o Attachment Behaviour Q-Set (AQS – versão 3.0 de Waters, 1995), ao Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990) e à Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - Revised (WPPSI-R, 1989; versão portuguesa de Seabra-Santos et al., 2003). Os resultados revelam que as crianças utilizam quer a mãe quer o pai como base segura e que a segurança de vinculação experienciada pela criança na infância é representada posteriormente em modelos internos dinâmicos seguros. Em segundo lugar, tentámos perceber quais os processos envolvidos na transição das representações sensoriomotoras para as simbólicas, analisando dois potenciais inputs para a construção, por parte da criança, das representações mentais de vinculação: as representações sensoriomotoras da criança dos primeiros anos de vida baseadas na organização dos seus comportamentos de base segura com o pai e com a mãe e os scripts de vinculação parentais, numa amostra de 64 díades mãe-criança e pai-criança, utilizando como instrumentos o AQS (versão 3.0 de Waters, 1995), o ASCT (Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990), a WPPSI-R (versão portuguesa de Seabra-Santos et al., 2003) e o Attachment Script Assessment (ASA – Waters & Rodrigues-Doolabh, 2004, manual não publicado). Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a organização dos comportamentos de base segura, na relação com ambos os pais, pode ser prevista a partir do conhecimento tipo script de base segura das figuras parentais e que apenas as representações sensoriomotoras da criança dos primeiros anos de vida baseadas na organização dos seus comportamentos de base segura estão a funcionar como potenciais inputs das representações mentais de vinculação da criança, ao contrário do esperado. Finalmente, analisámos a relação entre a qualidade das representações internas de vinculação das crianças (ou seja, a segurança) e a qualidade das relações educador-criança, numa amostra de 52 crianças e 4 educadores. Utilizámos como instrumentos o ASCT (Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990), a WPPSI-R (versão portuguesa de Seabra-Santos et al., 2003) e ainda, a Escala de Perceção dos Comportamentos de Vinculação para Professores (PCV-P, Dias, Soares e Freire, 2004). Os dados obtidos mostram que a coconstrução de uma relação de vinculação relevante com um educador na primeira infância é, em parte, função da qualidade da relação de vinculação da criança com as figuras parentais mas também do desenvolvimento verbal da criança. De uma forma geral, os nossos resultados procuram contribuir para a discussão em aberto sobre a construção, por parte da criança, de um modelo integrado do self, participando em duas ou mais relações qualitativamente distintas.<br>ABSTRACT: The present study, based on Bowlby/Ainsworth’s attachment theory, aims to study the continuity of quality of attachment in the preschool years, and its relation to kindergarten teacher-child attachment quality. Firstly, we examined the associations between infant-mother and infant-father secure base behaviours and attachment representation in preschooler years in a sample of 71 child-mother and child-father dyads, we used as instruments the Attachment Behaviour Q-Set (AQS – version 3.0, Waters, 1995), the Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT, Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - Revised (WPPSI-R, 1989; portuguese version of Seabra-Santos et al., 2003). Our results revealed that children were able to use both parents as secure base and those children with a secure attachment relation developed an internal working model of secure attachment. Secondly, we tried to understand the processes involved in the transition from sensorimotor to symbolic representations, analyzing two potential inputs for the construction of the child mental representations of secure base information: children’s own sensorimotor representations from earlier years based on their secure base behaviours with father and mother and their parents’ attachment scripts in a sample of 64 child-mother and child-father dyads. We used as instuments the AQS (version 3.0, Waters, 1995), the ASCT (Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990), the WPPSI-R (1989; portuguese version of Seabra-Santos et al., 2003) and the Attachment Script Assessment (ASA – Waters & Rodrigues-Doolabh, 2004, unpublished manual). The results suggest that children’s secure base behaviours can be predicted from parents’s attachment scripts and that only children’s sensoriomotor representations based on their secure base behaviours were predicting child mental representations, contrary to our expectations. Finally, we analyzed the relation between children’s attachment representations and the quality of kindergarten teacher-child relationships, in a sample of 52 children and 4 kindergarten teachers. We used as instruments the ASCT (Bretherton & Ridgeway, 1990), the WPPSI-R (portuguese version of Seabra-Santos et al., 2003) and the Teachers’ ratings of child secure base behavior and emotion regulation (PCV-P, Dias, Soares e Freire, 2004). Our data suggest that co-construction of a close attachment-relevant relationship with a kindergarten teacher in early childhood is, in part, a function of the quality of parent-child attachment relationships, but also of child verbal development. In general, our results contribute to the ongoing discussion about the child’s construction of an integrated model of attachment relations, participating in two or more qualitatively distinct relationships.
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Silva, Iara Goreti Neves Marcos e. "Imagem corporal da criança queimada : A influência do tipo de vinculação e do modelo interno do self no processo de adaptação à mudança." Master's thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4349.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA- Instituto Universitário<br>O presente estudo, realizado no Hospital Dona Estefânia, teve como objectivo
analisar o modo como crianças vítimas de queimaduras se adaptaram às alterações da sua
imagem corporal, tendo por base, o seu tipo de vinculação e o modelo interno de
funcionamento do self. A amostra foi constituída por cinquenta crianças, com idades
compreendidas entre os 62 e os 95 meses (X = 77,74 ; DP = 3,69), de ambos os sexos, que
estiveram internadas no Hospital entre 2001 e 2008. Na recolha dos dados da amostra,
foram utilizados três instrumentos: Teste do Desenho da Figura Humana (Goodenough,
1982) para avaliar a expressão da imagem que a criança projecta sobre si própria, Desenho
Infantil da Família (Kaplan & Main, 1986, traduzido por Veríssimo e Santos, 2001), para
medir a representação que a criança tem da vinculação, e, Puppet Interview (Cassidy,
1986), para avaliar o modelo interno de funcionamento do Self. Os resultados apresentados
demonstraram a existência da influência que a relação de vinculação estabelecida entre a
mãe e a criança tem na organização do modelo interno de funcionamento do self. Embora
quantitativamente não se tenham encontrado diferenças significativas, uma análise
qualitativa permitiu observar que, crianças com um tipo de vinculação seguro e um
modelo interno de funcionamento do self positivo, investem mais nos seus desenhos,
projectando de uma forma mais harmoniosa a imagem que têm de si, independentemente
da sua idade, grau da queimadura e visibilidade da cicatriz. Neste sentido, concluímos que
a qualidade da vinculação e o modelo interno dinâmico são determinantes no modo como
a criança se adapta a uma imagem corporal alterada, depois de ter sofrido um acidente por
queimadura.<br>ABSTRACT: This study, carried out at the Dona Estefânia Hospital, had the purpose of
analyzing the way burned children victims adapted to changes in their body image. It was
based on the attachment type and the internal model of working with the self. The sample
was constituted by fifty children, between 62 and 95 months of age (x = 77,74 ; s = 3,69),
of both sexes, which were hospitalized between 2001 and 2008. Data were collected by
means of three instruments: Drawing Human Figure Test (Goodenough, 1982) to evaluate
the image expression that the child projects of himself, Family Juvenile Drawing (Kaplan
& Main, 1986, translated by Veríssimo and Santos, 2001) to measure the child
representation of the quality of attachment, and Puppet Interview (Cassidy, 1986) to
evaluate the internal working model of the Self. The present results show the influence that
the attachment relationship established between the mother and the child has in the
internal model of working of the self organization. Although quantitatively no significant
differences were found, a qualitative analysis has showed that children with a secure
attachment type and a dynamic positive internal model invest more in their drawings,
projecting in a harmonious way their image of themselves, no matter their age, burn
degree and scar’s visibility. In this sense, we may conclude that the quality of attachment
and the dynamic internal model are determinants of the way children adapt to an altered
body image, after suffered a burn accident.
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Rau, Douglas Richard. "Assessing working models of attachment using object relations concepts." 1998. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2321.
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