The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (eBook)

Carol George, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Mills College in Oakland, California. She has been at the forefront of developing attachment assessments for children and adults, including the Attachment Doll Play Projective Assessment, the Caregiving Interview, the Adult Attachment Interview, and the AAP. Dr. George has authored numerous research articles and book chapters on adult and child attachment and caregiving, and is coeditor, with Judith Solomon, of the book Disorganized Attachment and Caregiving. She teaches courses in development and attachment, co-directs a master’s-degree program in infant mental health, and trains and consults on the application of attachment assessment in research and clinical settings. Malcolm L. West, PhD, is retired Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Dr. West worked as a clinician and researcher throughout his career. His research has used attachment theory in clinical research, including cardiac rehabilitation patients, depression in women, and suicidal behavior in adolescents. In addition to the AAP, Dr. West has developed self-report assessments of attachment in adults and adolescents. He is coauthor, with Adrienne Sheldon-Keller, of the book Patterns of Relating: An Adult Attachment Perspective.

I. Background1. Narrative versus Non-Narrative Assessment of Adult Attachment2. Defining Attachment Stories as Representational PrecipitatesII. Development, Validation, and Coding of the AAP3. The Development and Validation of the AAP4. The Attachment Self: The AAP Attachment Content Coding Dimensions5. Defensive Processes in the AAPIII. Using the AAP 6. Secure Attachment7. Dismissing Attachment8. Preoccupied Attachment9. Dysregulated Segregated Systems: Unresolved Attachment, Failed Mourning, and Preoccupation with Suffering10. Using the AAP in Neurobiology Research, Anna Buchheim and Carol George