An Investigation of the Security of Caregiver Attachment during Middle Childhood in Children with High-Functioning Autistic Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Chandler, Felicity; Dissanayake, Cheryl
Titel	An Investigation of the Security of Caregiver Attachment during Middle Childhood in Children with High-Functioning Autistic Disorder
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 18 (2014) 5, S.485-492 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361313486205
Schlagwörter	Attachment Behavior; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Children; Preadolescents; Comparative Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Questionnaires; Elementary School Students; Males; Foreign Countries; Scores; Multivariate Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Australia; Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Multivariate Analyse; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	Previous research has investigated caregiver attachment relationships in children with autism during early childhood, with few differences found from matched control groups. However, little is known of this relationship during middle childhood (ages 8-12 years). In this study, the aim was to establish whether there are differences in the security of attachment in children with high-functioning autism compared to typically developing children. A secondary aim was to establish whether caregivers' perceptions of their child's attachment to them accorded with the children's own reports. Twenty-one children with high-functioning autism and 17 typically developing children were administered the Kerns Security Scale and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-Revised, and caregivers completed the same questionnaires from the viewpoint of their child. There were no differences between the groups in the children's and parents' reports of attachment security. Parents' and children's reports were moderately correlated on the Kerns Security Scale but were not correlated on the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-Revised. The results indicate that levels of attachment security in children with high-functioning autism are not different from those in typically developing children. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10