摘要：The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) intergenerational transmission from mother`s internal working model of relationships formed in her childhood and infant`s attachment patterns and (2) the associations among maternal working models,maternal sensitivity,and infant attachment patterns. The subjects were twenty 12- to 20-month-old infants and their mothers. The Adult Attachment Interview (1996) was used to assess mother`s internal work model of relationships. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Each dyad was videotaped in the modified Ainsworth Strange Situation(1978) and filmed for 3 minutes in the Questionaire Situation of Smith and Pederson (1988). Mothers were classified as autonomous(F),dismissing(Ds),preoccupied(E),or unresolved/disorganized(Ud). Infants were classified as secure(B),insecure-avoidant(A),or insecure-resistant(C). Exact A/B/C/D and Ds/F/E/Ud agreement was observed in 55% of the dyads. Maternal sensitivity was related to infant attachment patterns but not to maternal working models..
