[en] The current study examined the effects of attachment on autonomy, relatedness and emotion regulation during an attachment interview (Friends and Family Interview; FFI) and a parent-child conflict interaction (Family Interaction Task; FIT) in 49 adolescents (11 to 17 years old). Disorganized
adolescents showed a steeper decrease in heart rate variability (HRV) than organized ones, during both the FFI and the FITs. Dismissing adolescents showed a more pronounced decrease in HRV during the FFI than secure and preoccupied individuals; no differences were found between these groups in HRV during the FITs. The results suggest that disorganized adolescents had more difficulties in regulating their emotions during both the FFI and the FITs, whereas dismissing individuals seemed effectively challenged only during the interview.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Decarli, Alessandro
Pierrehumbert, Blaise
Schulz, André ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Schaan, Violetta
Vögele, Claus ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Disorganized attachment in adolescence: Emotional and physiological dysregulation during the Friends and Family Interview and a conflict interaction
Publication date :
22 December 2020
Journal title :
Development and Psychopathology
ISSN :
1469-2198
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
Volume :
34
Issue :
1
Pages :
431-445
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
FnR Project :
FNR10030107 - Mental Health And Wellbeing During Adolescence: The Role Of Child Attachment And Parents' Representations Of Their Children, 2015 (01/10/2015-30/09/2019) - Alessandro Decarli
