
pmid: 15314012
The primary goal of this study was to examine the feasibility of using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) with 50 culturally Deaf adults. Modifications to the standard protocol included using a visual-spatial language (American Sign Language) rather than a spoken language (English), as well as coding and procedural variations from the standardized protocol. Results suggested that the adapted AAI interview and coding processes provided an effective assessment of the state of mind regarding the attachment of Deaf individuals. The expectation that Deaf participants would be less coherent in their AAI transcripts and therefore less likely than hearing individuals to be classified as Autonomous was not supported. The distribution of the classifications of this Deaf sample was not different from existing normative distributions. Moreover, there was no evidence that early separation from parents associated with attendance at a residential school for the Deaf resulted in attachment formations with residential counselors or teachers at the school.
Adult, Male, Deaf adult, 150, 370, Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Interviews as Topic, Humans, Mother-toddler attachment relationships, Child, Aged, Parenting, Patient Selection, Manual Communication, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, Personality Development, Child, Preschool, Intergenerational Relations, Developmental Psychology, Female, Attachment-related behaviour, Adult Attachment Interview
Adult, Male, Deaf adult, 150, 370, Persons with Hearing Disabilities, Interviews as Topic, Humans, Mother-toddler attachment relationships, Child, Aged, Parenting, Patient Selection, Manual Communication, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, Personality Development, Child, Preschool, Intergenerational Relations, Developmental Psychology, Female, Attachment-related behaviour, Adult Attachment Interview
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