09-04-14

Carlos M. Padrón

El artículo en cuestión no puedo adjuntarlo porque está protegido por copyright, pero acerca de él esto es lo que me mandó Elena.

«El artículo que escribí —titulado «Frightened versus not frightened disorganized infant attachment: Newborn characteristics and maternal caregiving« y basado en parte en mi tesis de doctorado— salió publicado hoy en el American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Ya he publicado varios otros artículos, pero ésta es mi primera publicación como primer autor, y lo escribí básicamente yo sola. Así que estoy muy contenta.  En este link

http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=ort

se puede ver el artículo en el índice de la revista de este mes; abajo copio el título y el resumen. Pensé que iba a salir el mes que viene, pero hoy cuando estaba leyendo artículos nuevos sobre attachment a ver qué cosas nuevas habían salido, ¡me encontré con mi propio artículo!».

Frightened versus not frightened disorganized infant attachment: Newborn characteristics and maternal caregiving.

Padrón, Elena; Carlson, Elizabeth A.; Sroufe, L. Alan

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol 84(2), Mar 2014, 201-208

The disorganized infant has been described as experiencing “fright without solution” (Hesse & Main, 1999, p. 484) within the attachment relationship. Using a sample at risk because of poverty (n = 157), this study evaluated the role of newborn characteristics in predicting disorganized attachment and explored the existence of 2 subgroups of disorganized infants, based on whether they display direct indices of fear. For the entire sample, regression analyses revealed that newborn characteristics did not predict ratings of disorganization directly or via moderation by caregiving. Regarding subgroups, it was hypothesized that, if direct expressions of fear resulted from interaction with a frightening or frightened caregiver, it could be expected that infants in the Not Frightened subgroup would become disorganized in part because of other factors, such as compromised regulatory abilities at birth. Results supported this hypothesis for emotional regulation, but not for orientation; infants in the Not Frightened subgroup displayed limited emotional regulation as newborns. Findings suggest that the disorganized attachment category may be comprised of 2 subgroups, with direct expressions of fear as the key differentiating factor. Specifically, disorganized infants who do not display direct fear in the presence of the caregiver may have started out with compromised emotional regulation abilities at birth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).