Assessment of Internalized Early Attachment Experience through Scripts: Turkish Adaptation of the Attachment Script Assessment Procedure

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to conduct the Turkish adaptation of the Attachment Script Assessment (ASA) procedure; a semi-projective technique that is based on the assumption that attachment experiences is internalized as ‘secure base scripts’. The study was completed with 197 adult participants between the ages of 18 and 58. In addition to ASA, Brief Symptom Inventory, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, Experiences in Close Relationships-II (ECR-II), and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) were administered. Results revealed a satisfactory level of test-retest, and interrater reliability. Divergent validity was established by supporting the lack of significant correlation between ASA and WAISR. Convergent validity of ASA was established through positive correlations with perceived social support, seeking social support, problem focused coping and negative correlations with psychological symptoms and attachment anxiety. Also, ASA scores were shown to be successful in discriminating the psychiatric clinical sample from a nonclinical sample. The results were discussed both in terms of the theoretical contribution of conceptualizing attachment representations as cognitive secure base scripts and in terms of the practical contribution of the ASA providing an unobtrusive way of assessing these scripts. Also, possible contributions of focusing secure base scripts in cognitive therapies have been discussed.

Keywords

• Attachment representations,secure base,cognitive scripts

Erken Dönem İçselleştirilen Bağlanma Deneyimlerinin Hikâyelerle Değerlendirilmesi: Bağlanma Senaryosu Değerlendirme Yönteminin Türkçe Uyarlaması

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, erken dönem bağlanma deneyimlerinin ‘güvenli üs senaryosu’ olarak temsil edildiği görüşü temelinde geliştirilmiş olan ve yarı-projektif bir teknik olan Bağlanma Senaryo Değerlendirme (BSD) Yöntemi’nin Türkçe uyarlaması yapılmıştır. Yaşları 18–58 arasında değişen toplam 197 katılımcı ile çalışma tamamlanmıştır. BSD’nin yanısıra çalışmada Kısa Semptom Envanteri, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği, Başa Çıkma Yolları Ölçeği, Yakın İlişkilerde Yaşantılar Envanteri (YİYEII) ve Weschler Yetişkinler için Zekâ Ölçeği-Geliştirilmiş Form (WYZÖ-G) uygulanmıştır. BSD-Türkçe’nin test-tekrar test ve puanlayıcılar arası güvenirlik katsayılarının tatminkâr düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Iraksak geçerlik kapsamında BSD performansının bilişsel yetenek düzeyinden bağımsız olduğu, WYZÖ-G ile ilişkisizliği test edilerek saptanmıştır. Yakınsak geçerlik kapsamında ise, güvenli üs senaryo bilgi düzeyinin psikolojik belirtiler ve romantik ilişkilerde bağlanma kaygı düzeyi ile negatif, sosyal destek algısı, sosyal destek arayışı ve problem odaklı başa çıkma ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, BSD’nin sağlıklı yetişkin ve klinik örneklemi beklendik düzeyde ayırt edebildiği sonucuna da ulaşılmıştır. Erken dönem deneyimlerinde şekillenen bağlanma temsillerinin, güvenli üs senaryosu olarak tanımlanmasının kuramsal katkıları ve bu senaryoların yarı-projektif bir teknik olarak BSD yöntemi ile ölçümlenebilmesinin uygulamaya yönelik katkıları tartışılmıştır. Ayrıca bilişsel terapi sürecinde, bağlanmanın güvenli üs bilişsel senaryoları kapsamında ele alınmasının olası faydaları vurgulanmıştır. 

Keywords

• Bağlanma temsilleri,güvenli üs,bilişsel senaryo

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