TY  - JOUR
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579404044487
SN  - 0954-5794
A1  - Hughes, P
A1  - Turton, P
A1  - Hopper, E
A1  - McGauley, GA
A1  - Fonagy, P
JF  - DEV PSYCHOPATHOL
SP  - 215 
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
N1  - © 2004 Cambridge University Press
PB  - CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
N2  - The "unresolved" state of mind with respect to loss or trauma as assessed in the Adult Attachment Interview is common in clinical and forensic groups, as well as in mothers whose infants are classified as disorganized in their attachment relationship to them. However, questions remain about what the unresolved state represents and what factors predict the unresolved state. This case controlled study reports on 64 women who had suffered stillbirth and who were pregnant with their next child. The study explores attachment, psychiatric, and social factors associated with the unresolved state or higher unresolved scores with respect to stillbirth. Women who had experienced stillbirth were more likely to be unresolved than control women. Although a similar number of stillbirth and control women had experienced childhood trauma, only women who had experienced stillbirth were unresolved with respect to this trauma, suggesting the unresolved state may be evoked or reevoked by subsequent traumatic loss. Higher unresolved scores in relation to stillbirth were predicted by childhood trauma, poor support from family after the loss, and having a funeral for the infant. The results are discussed in terms of the woman's sense of being causal in the loss.
ID  - discovery134348
KW  - POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE
KW  -  INFANTS BORN SUBSEQUENT
KW  -  POST-NATAL DEPRESSION
KW  -  DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY
KW  -  PERINATAL LOSS
KW  -  REPRESENTATIONS
KW  -  PREGNANCY
KW  -  ANXIETY
KW  -  RISK
KW  -  VALIDATION
AV  - public
Y1  - 2004/03//
EP  -  230
TI  - Factors associated with the unresolved classification of the Adult Attachment Interview in women who have suffered stillbirth
ER  -