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  1 - the effectiveness of attachment based theraplay on maternal sensitivity and child negative representations of self and mother
  Parisa Seyed Mousavi Mohammad Ali Mazaheri Shahla Pakdaman Mahmood Heydari
  the purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of attachment based theraplays using video feedback method on increasing maternal sensitivity and decreasing child's negative representations of self and mother. Twenty five motherchild dyads (12 dyads in experimenta More

  the purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of attachment based theraplays using video feedback method on increasing maternal sensitivity and decreasing child's negative representations of self and mother. Twenty five motherchild dyads (12 dyads in experimental group; 13 dyads in control group) ages between three and five were selected by convenience sampling from 3 nursery schools and a counseling center in Tehran. The sample was assessed using the Maternal Behavior QSORT (Pederson, Moran, & Bento, 1999) and the MacArthur Story Stem Battery (Emed, Wolf, & Oppenheim, 2003). The research design was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow up. The intervention of the experimental group was eight, 60-minute individual, weekly sessions. Mothers of the control group received an educational package focusing on increasing cognitive skills of the children. The results indicated that the attachment based theraplays have significantly increased the maternal sensitivity and significantly decreased the child's negative representations of self and mother in the experimental group. The findings suggested that using attachment based theraplay could be effective in developing secure base in preschoolers.     Manuscript profile
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  2 - Development of Attachment Representations and Maternal Sensitivity
  Shayesteh Shokoufefard Mohamad Ali Mazaheri, Mazaheri Mahmoud Heidari Parisa Seyed Mousavi
  T his aimed to examine maternal representation and sensitivity changes as key elements of caregiving system during development. Sixty mothers and their children, aged between 18 and 60 months, were assessed using the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (Hazan &amp More

  T his aimed to examine maternal representation and sensitivity changes as key elements of caregiving system during development. Sixty mothers and their children, aged between 18 and 60 months, were assessed using the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (Hazan & Shaver, 1987), the Working Model of the Child Interview (Zeanah, Benoit, Hirshberg, Barton & Regan, 1994), the Maternal Behavior Q-Sort (Pederson., Moran & Bento, 1999), and the Attachment Q-set (Waters & Deane, 1985) . The results of Chi-Square test indicated significant differences between observed and expected values among the variables in different ages. Mothers of 36-40 month children, in comparison with younger and older children’s mothers, were more likely to show "non-balanced" representation and low sensitivity. This result may be due to emerging negativity and independency during this age period and the mother's difficulty to adjust herself with these behavioral alterations. So caregiver may not be able to maintain her role as a sensitive and secure base as before. These findings suggested the impact of mother-child communication on child attachment security during development and the need to provide mothers with age-appropriate educational interventions. Manuscript profile