ABSTRACT

We examined representations of attachment security using story stem narratives (Manchester Attachment Story Task, MCAST) and a family drawing task in 50 Greek children between 4 and 6 years old. Additionally, we examined the association between attachment classification based on the family drawing task and maternal reports of social and emotional symptoms assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Attachment security classification based on the MCAST was not significantly associated with attachment security classification based on the family drawings. There was a small to medium strength significant association between drawing-based insecure attachment classification and higher scores on conduct problems and inattention/hyperactivity ratings. However, the associations were not statistically significant after controlling for the effects of child gender, and maternal education and age. The findings are discussed in relation to the properties of the family drawing task to measure attachment security in the preschool and early middle childhood years.

摘要

我们使用故事主干叙述（曼彻斯特依恋故事任务，MCAST）和家庭绘画任务对 50 名 4 至 6 岁的希腊儿童进行了依恋安全的表征。此外，我们检查了基于家庭绘图任务的依恋分类与使用优势和困难问卷评估的社会和情绪症状的母亲报告之间的关联。基于 MCAST 的附件安全分类与基于系列图纸的附件安全分类没有显着相关性。基于绘图的不安全依恋分类与行为问题和注意力不集中/多动评分的较高分数之间存在中小强度显着关联。然而，在控制了儿童性别、母亲教育和年龄的影响后，这些关联没有统计学意义。讨论了与家庭绘图任务的属性相关的研究结果，以衡量学龄前和儿童早期中期的依恋安全性。