Adult Attachment Interview.
AAI
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
- 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 Unpublished manuscript, UC Berkeley.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)
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30 items per age interval (21 age-specific questionnaires), 6 per domain. copyrighted - commercial.
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90 (Q-sort items). open with attribution.
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