Παρουσίαση και Περιγραφή της Συνέντευξης Παιδιών για τον Δεσμό (Child Attachment Interview, CAI)

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to introduce the Child Attachment Interview (Child Attachment Interview, CAI· Target, Fonagy, & Smhueli-Goetz, 2003) to Greek scientific audience. In particular, the paper aims to describe the construct, the coding and classification system, and the psychometric properties of the Child Attachment Interview. CAI is a semi-structured interview, which was adapted from the Adult Attachment Interview (George, Kaplan, & Main, 1996) to children aged 8 to 15 years old. The aim of the interview is to investigate children’s representations of their parents’ emotional availability and their parents’ ability to offer security and comfort to them when they have difficult times in their lives. The interview has also been used in Greek population in a comparative study between adopted and non-adopted children (Ntouma, Vorria, & Vairami, 2013).