2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of narrative assessment of secure base for attachment classification

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730568
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Kyoto University (2012-2013) Hiroshima International University (2010-2011)
Principal Investigator	KUDO Shimpei 京都大学, グローバル生存学大学院連携ユニット, 特定准教授 (70435064)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	愛着 / 表象 / 心理検査 / 攻撃性
Research Abstract	This research conducted the developement of a new usuful and brief assessment tool which can be used as substitution of the AAI that is standard assessment tool to capture individual's attachment representation in clinical and research settings. New method called NaS and NaSA require individuals to make stories using prompt words, and the stories are scored in 7-point scale. Dates are taken from 26 mathers who have 2-6 years old children. The results showed rates of stories of the NaS and NaSA are not related to verbal comprehension (measured by WAIS-III subtest) and correspondece with AAI classification was 84.6% and 69.2% for NaS and NaSA respectively. It impllies thier usefulness in clinical and research settings in place of AAI.

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