@article{ref1,
title="Disorganized Behavior in Adolescent-Parent Interaction: Relations to Attachment State of Mind, Partner Abuse, and Psychopathology",
journal="Child development",
year="2014",
author="Obsuth, Ingrid and Hennighausen, Katherine and Brumariu, Laura E. and Lyons-Ruth, Karlen",
volume="85",
number="1",
pages="370-387",
abstract="Disoriented, punitive, and caregiving/role-confused attachment behaviors are associated with psychopathology in childhood, but have not been assessed in adolescence. A total of 120 low-income late adolescents (aged 18-23 years) and parents were assessed in a conflict-resolution paradigm. Their interactions were coded with the Goal-Corrected Partnership in Adolescence Coding Scales. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the three disorganized constructs (punitive, caregiving, and disoriented interaction) were best represented as distinct factors and were separable from a fourth factor for collaboration. The four factors were then assessed in relation to measures of attachment disorganization, partner abuse, and psychopathology. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that forms of disorganized behavior first described in early childhood can also be reliably assessed in adolescence and are associated with maladaptive outcomes across multiple domains.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/cdev.12113",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12113"
}