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1、ChildandAdolescentSocialWorkJournal,Vol.23,No.2,April2006(Ó2006)DOI:10.1007/s10560-005-0037-2UnderstandingAttachment:ReliabilityandValidityofSelectedAttachmentMeasuresforPreschoolersandChildrenSherryR.FairchildIntroductionDuringthepastseveraldecadesthequalityofattachmen
2、thasbeenaunifyingconstructforresearchersandforpsychologists,socialworkers,andothermentalhealthprofessionalswhoprovideservicesforinfants,children,andadolescents.Thenumberofchildrenandadolescentspresentingwithattachmentissuesandattachmentdis-ordersinthefostercaresystem,in
3、theinternationalanddomesticadoptionprocess,andinschoolsystemsintheU.S.,continuestoincreaseannually(ChildrensDefenseFund,1998;Gallup,Moore,&Schussel,1995;Levy&Orlans,1998;Steward&ODay,2000).Upto80%ofhigh-riskfamiliesaredealingwithissuesofabuseandne-glect,poverty,domestic
4、violence,historyofintergenerationalabuseanddepression,andsubstanceabuse.Thesefamiliespossessthepo-tentialtoraisechildrenwithdisorganized/disorientedattachmentpatterns,and/orattachmentdisorders(Carlson,Cicchetti,Barnett,&Braunwald,1989;Levy&Orlans,2000;Lyons-Ruth,1996;Na
5、tionalCenteronChildAbuseandNeglect,1993).Animportantaspectofprovidingeffectiveservicesforinfants,children,andadolescentswithattachmentproblemsistheabilitytoassessandmeasureattachmentissuesappropriatelyacrossthelife-span.Inrecentyearsprimaryattachmentresearchershaveat-te
6、mptedtoexpandtheformalclassificationofclinicaldisordersofattachment(i.e.,AttachmentDisorders)withthatoftheReactiveAddresscorrespondencetoSherryR.Fairchild,CollegeofSocialwork,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,KY,USA;e-mail:srfair2@uky.edu235Ó2006SpringerScienceþBusinessMedi
7、a,Inc.236CHILDANDADOLESCENTSOCIALWORKJOURNALAttachmentDisordercriteriafoundinthecurrentDSM-IV(Boris&Zeanah,1999;Zeanah&Boris,2000;Zeanah,Larrieu,Heller,&Valliere,2000).Duetothelackofpublishedattachmentdisorderinstrumentstoassistintheassessmentofchildrenpresentingwithsev
8、ereattachmentproblems,attachmentdisorders,and/orReactiveAttachmentDisorderissues,researcheffortsneedtobeconcen
