title: An exploratory study of the association between reactive attachment disorder and attachment narratives in early school-age children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore attachment narratives in children diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD).
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared attachment narratives, as measured by the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task, in a group of 33 children with a diagnosis of RAD and 37 comparison children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The relative risk (RR) for children with RAD having an insecure attachment pattern was 2.4 (1.4-4.2) but 30% were rated as securely attached. Within the RAD group, children with a clear history of maltreatment were more likely to be Insecure-Disorganised than children without a clear history of maltreatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reactive attachment disorder is not the same as attachment insecurity, and questions remain about how attachment research informs clinical research on attachment disorders.
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland. h.minnis@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
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