title: Would you like to play together? Adults' attachment and the mirror game.
abstract: Why is it easy for some people to play together and difficult for others? In this interdisciplinary pilot study, we looked at dyadic interaction in motion as a paradigm to explore the expression of attachment in adulthood. We used a device that gives simple, quantitative and automated indicators for the quality of interaction while playing the mirror game. Forty-seven participants played the mirror game with the same gender-matched expert players. In addition, participants were interviewed on the Adult Attachment Interview to assess their quality of attachment. Using high resolution kinematic measures, we found that secure attachment was correlated with high complexity of the game and low synchrony compared to insecure attachment. The findings suggest that security of attachment is related to a more exploratory and less rigid game than insecure-dismissing attachment. These preliminary findings imply that high resolution analysis of simple movement interaction could carry information about attachment behavior.
authors.affiliation: a Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center , University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.|b The Theatre Lab , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
authors.forename: Rinat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feniger-Schaal
authors.affiliation: b The Theatre Lab , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.|c Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noy
authors.affiliation: b The Theatre Lab , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.|c Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: d The Center for the Study of Child Development , Haifa University , Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koren-Karie
authors.affiliation: b The Theatre Lab , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.|c Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
authors.forename: Avraham E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.affiliation: b The Theatre Lab , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.|c Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Alon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: AAI; Adult Attachment Interview; adults’ interaction; exploration; mirror game