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Abuso, trascuratezza e il controllo degli eventi: il paradosso dell’attaccamento
Titolo Rivista: MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA 
Autori/Curatori: Grazia Attili, Lorenza Di Pentima, Alessandro Toni 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2013 Fascicolo: 3 Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  20 P. 89-108 Dimensione file:  755 KB
DOI:  10.3280/MAL2013-003005
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Dalle ricerche condotte finora emergono risultati non uniformi sui Modelli Mentali dell’Attaccamento (IWM) e sul locus of control dei bambini maltrattati. Nel nostro studio abbiamo preso in considerazione queste due variabili in 60 ragazzi abusati e trascurati e in 100 controlli, e analizzato le associazioni tra locus of control e attaccamento. Per la misura degli IWM abbiamo utilizzato la versione modificata da Attili (2001b) del SAT di Klagsbrun e Bowlby (1976) e per il locus of control la scala di Nowicki- Strickland (1973). IWM disorganizzati ed evitanti emergono nell’abuso e il 40% di IWM sicuri nella trascuratezza. Nel maltrattamento il locus of control è sempre esterno, anche nei bambini trascurati sicuri. I dati confermano che caregiver abusanti producono IWM insicuri e locus of control esterni. Nella trascuratezza, tuttavia, in cui i bambini non abbiano esperito pericoli provenienti dai loro genitori, è possibile riscontrare attaccamenti sicuri anche se accompagnati da locus esterni.


Keywords: Maltrattamento, trascuratezza, attaccamento, locus of control.

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Grazia Attili, Lorenza Di Pentima, Alessandro Toni, in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 3/2013, pp. 89-108, DOI:10.3280/MAL2013-003005

   

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