TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Working models of attachment and representations of the object in a clinical sample of sexually abused women JO - Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic A1 - Stalker, C. A. A1 - Davies, Ffion C. SP - 334 EP - 350 VL - 62 IS - 3 N2 - This study examined internal working models of attachment as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI; George, Kaplan, & Main, 1984) and self-other differentiation as assessed by the Description of Significant Other (Marziali & Oleniuk, 1990) in a clinical sample of 40 women reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse. Although there was some relationship between the two measures, the association was not strong. The Cannot Classify category of the AAI, which is increasingly being assigned in clinical samples, needs refinement to increase the usefulness of the AAI for clinical purposes. Integration of concepts from objects relations theory may also enhance the value of the AAI in studies of clinical samples.
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