The phrase "attachment representations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to psychology, particularly in discussions about how individuals form emotional bonds and internalize relationships.
Example: "In therapy, we often explore the attachment representations that influence a person's relationships and emotional responses."
Alternatives: "attachment models" or "attachment schemas".
Furthermore, we will determine whether the distributions of securely attached children are moderated or mediated by variations in maternal sensitivity, mentalizing, attachment representations, and psychopathology obtained at baseline and at follow-up.
Maternal attachment representations 18 (corrected) months after very preterm birth and the effect of the post-discharge Infant Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Program (IBAIP) were studied.
Therefore we seek to characterize attachment representations as a baseline predictor of early risk or resilient trajectories.
According to the model of transgenerational transmission [ 51], maternal attachment representations influence the child's attachment more than maternal sensitivity does [ 52- 54].
Before analyzing the proportions of mothers whose attachment representations change during the treatment and follow-up period in both treatment arms, we will separate those mothers with a positive shift in attachment representations [i.e., insecure (-dismissing, preoccupied, unresolved) to secure) from the mothers without such a shift or with a negative one ((i.e., secure to any of the others)].
Further multiple regression analyses will be conducted, with mean changes in maternal sensitivity (MBQS, DIP), mentalization (RF, PRFQ-1), and maternal attachment representations (positive shift, no/negative shift) before and after treatment, as predictor variables.
We explored in a sample of clinically depressed patients the influence of attachment security and unresolved trauma on psychotherapeutic outcome as well as changes in attachment representation through psychotherapeutic intervention.
This result indicated the influence of parental attachment representation on children's attachment through mechanisms other than responsiveness; referred to as "the transmission gap" [ 21].
A dimensional diagnostic system comprising the relevant domains, such as relationship / attachment representation, assessing interpersonal trust, emotion regulation, affinity to dissociation / sensual perception, and lacking expectation of self-efficacy, could also be envisaged.
Potentially predictors and moderators of transmission of risk are a) severity and course of maternal disorder, b) maternal trauma, c) maternal attachment representation, d) father/partner characteristics, e) support from social network, f) socio-economic resources of the family and g) characteristics of the newborn child [ 5, 9].
The present study examined whether a simple non-verbal (i.e., pictorial) measure of attachment (Pictorial Representation of Attachment Measure: PRAM) is a valid and feasible instrument to measure parental representations of the antenatal relationship with the fetus in a non-clinical sample.
