title: Comparative validity of the Adult Attachment Interview and the Adult Attachment Projective.
abstract: The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and the Adult Attachment Projective (AAP) purport to measure the same attachment classifications. The aims of this study were to determine the concurrent validity of the AAI and AAP, and to compare their ability to predict indicators of risk associated with socioeconomic status (SES), depression, and 5-HTTLPR genotype. Results indicated no agreement between AAI and AAP attachment classifications in a sample of late adolescents. As predicted, individuals classified as "unresolved" with regard to loss or trauma were significantly more likely to be of lower SES, have higher levels of depression, and have the 5-HTTLPR "ss" genotype than individuals with secure, preoccupied, or dismissing attachments. These associations, however, were only significant when attachment was classified with the AAI. Results suggest that the AAI and AAP measure different facets of attachment as a result of their unique methodologies and coding criteria. Further research is needed to support their comparability before investigators can assume that the AAP is a valid substitute for the AAI.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Welfare , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones-Mason
authors.affiliation: b Department of Statistics , University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: I Elaine
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.|d Department of Psychiatry , Kaiser-Permanente San Francisco Medical Center , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: e Department of Community Health Systems , University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
keywords: adolescence; attachment; depression; genotype; socioeconomic status