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Assessing attachment: convergent validity of the adult attachment interview and the parental bonding instrument

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether or not the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) can provide information about parent–child attachment that is comparable to information obtained from the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), a more complex measure of attachment. Method: One hundred and thirty emotionally and/or behaviourally disturbed adolescents (73 male, 57 female; ages 13–19 years, x = 15.3 ± 1.47 years) participating in a …

Authors

Manassis K; Owens M; Adam KS; West M; Sheldon‐Keller AE

Journal

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 559–567

DOI

10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00560.x

ISSN

0004-8674