dc.contributor.advisor | Kvello, Øyvind | nb_NO |
dc.contributor.author | Brænden, Trine | nb_NO |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-19T14:42:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-19T14:42:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013-02-12 | nb_NO |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier | 604798 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/270963 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Manchester Attachment Story Task (MCAST) is an instrument developed to assess preschool and school-aged children’s attachment representations. It has previously not been validated for children below 4.5 years. This study examined the discriminative validity of MCAST against a series of potential factors that may threaten the validity of the measured attachment in four-year-olds. Specifically variations in; children’s; (1) age and (2) cognitive/language ability, administrators (3) experience and (4) style, and coders (5) inter-rater reliability, and these factors in relation to MCAST attachment classifications, disorganization-scores and narrative coherence were investigated. A total of 872 children were assessed using MCAST as a measure of attachment. Peabody Vocabulary Test III-r (PPVT) was used to assess language/ cognitive competence, and Språ 4 to assess language competence. There were no age effects in attachment classifications for the whole interview or for some of the vignettes, in narrative coherence or disorganization scores. PPVT and Språ 4 showed a significant relationship to the variance in attachment categories. PPVT accounted for 2.3 % of the variance in d-scores and 1.3 % of the variance in coherence. It was found significant negative relationship in administrators experience and children’s scores on disorganization. Coder’s factor measured by inter-rater reliability was low. It is discussed whether the results from the study can be reliable considering low inter-rater-reliability. According to findings related to children and administrator factors, the results indicate that MCAST can be used in younger children than it is previously validated for. A more comprehensive validation study and some adjustments in the manual are recommended. | nb_NO |
dc.language | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og teknologiledelse, Psykologisk institutt | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Social and Behavioural Science, Law | en_GB |
dc.title | Measuring attachment representation in four-year-olds using the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task | nb_NO |
dc.type | Master thesis | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 33 | nb_NO |
dc.contributor.department | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og teknologiledelse, Psykologisk institutt | nb_NO |