Introduction There has been a decent amount of research done on attachment styles, however specific associations are still among many studies. Explored here is a more in depth look at children and adolescents with insecure attachment styles and the prevalence of a corresponding conduct disorder. Three different empirical articles have been chose to discuss this concerning issue for child and adolescent psychopathology. Each author attempts to uncover the remarkable relationships that humans possess to carry out feelings of attachment that stem from hours after birth to well into our lifetime.
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Keskin, G,. & Cam, O. (2010). Adolescents’ strengths and difficulties: approach to attachment styles. Journal of Psychiatric …show more content…
The study conducted for the externalizing portion also included research with conduct disorders. Main findings from the CaMir Q-sort test concluded ¾ of the clinically sampled adolescents corresponded to the insecure attachment style. The other ¼ of the clinically sampled population represented the secure attachment style. As for the nonclinical sample, ⅓ would belong to an insecure attachment style while ⅔ linked to a secure attachment. In terms of comparing insecure versus secure attachment, the results indicated a notable high score for insecurely attached youths and conduct disorders along with externalizing, and internalizing behaviours. Boys were correlated with more delinquent behaviours and conduct disorders by using the Youth Self Report. In more detail, the nonclinical and insecurely attached group ranked higher in accordance with externalizing behaviours in comparison to the securely attached style and displayed extremely high scores for conduct disorder. This research is useful in order to plan psychotherapy to personally modify therapy sessions for a more success …show more content…
Smith is specifically looking for a relationship between insecure attachment styles (with the mother and father) and callous-unemotional traits in which they become youth offenders. The research is conducted with 60 adolescents with an equal number of males and females. These participants are youth offenders with callous-unemotional traits, and currently institutionalized for criminal misconduct. Evidence from the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits Scale revealed poor maternal attachment correlated strongly with the high criminal activity in addition to disregard for others, lack of empathy, and externalizing behaviours. Intriguing data also retrieved explained the quality of paternal attachment was not significant enough to be conclusive of a negative correlation, however it did produce a relationship. Of the participants with insecure attachment styles, 91.7% came from broken homes, 56% suffered with socioeconomic status disadvantages, 96% had witnessed or was victim of abuse, and 17% had lost a parent during their childhood. The author conveys the importance of intervention in order to establish a healthy parent-child relationship and to allow the child to grow more
Annotated Bibliography
Keskin, G,. & Cam, O. (2010). Adolescents’ strengths and difficulties: approach to attachment styles. Journal of Psychiatric …show more content…
The study conducted for the externalizing portion also included research with conduct disorders. Main findings from the CaMir Q-sort test concluded ¾ of the clinically sampled adolescents corresponded to the insecure attachment style. The other ¼ of the clinically sampled population represented the secure attachment style. As for the nonclinical sample, ⅓ would belong to an insecure attachment style while ⅔ linked to a secure attachment. In terms of comparing insecure versus secure attachment, the results indicated a notable high score for insecurely attached youths and conduct disorders along with externalizing, and internalizing behaviours. Boys were correlated with more delinquent behaviours and conduct disorders by using the Youth Self Report. In more detail, the nonclinical and insecurely attached group ranked higher in accordance with externalizing behaviours in comparison to the securely attached style and displayed extremely high scores for conduct disorder. This research is useful in order to plan psychotherapy to personally modify therapy sessions for a more success …show more content…
Smith is specifically looking for a relationship between insecure attachment styles (with the mother and father) and callous-unemotional traits in which they become youth offenders. The research is conducted with 60 adolescents with an equal number of males and females. These participants are youth offenders with callous-unemotional traits, and currently institutionalized for criminal misconduct. Evidence from the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits Scale revealed poor maternal attachment correlated strongly with the high criminal activity in addition to disregard for others, lack of empathy, and externalizing behaviours. Intriguing data also retrieved explained the quality of paternal attachment was not significant enough to be conclusive of a negative correlation, however it did produce a relationship. Of the participants with insecure attachment styles, 91.7% came from broken homes, 56% suffered with socioeconomic status disadvantages, 96% had witnessed or was victim of abuse, and 17% had lost a parent during their childhood. The author conveys the importance of intervention in order to establish a healthy parent-child relationship and to allow the child to grow more