Adult Attachment Interview.

AAI

What it measures

Adult state of mind with respect to attachment, coded from narrative coherence about childhood attachment experiences; classifications Secure-Autonomous, Dismissing, Preoccupied, Unresolved/Disorganized (plus Cannot Classify)

Length and format

~20 interview questions (semistructured protocol); coded on 9-point state-of-mind and experience scales. clinician rating of transcript (coherence and discourse scales) (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Administered and coded in many languages; the protocol is widely used internationally

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

George, C., Kaplan, N., & Main, M. (1985). Adult Attachment Interview Protocol. Unpublished manuscript, UC Berkeley. (see Hesse, 2008, Handbook of Attachment)