El objetivo del presente trabajo es correlacionar las conductas de riesgo y representación de estilos de apego en adolescentes. La muestra estuvo conformada por 177 escolares cuyas edades oscilan entre 12 y 17 años. Los instrumentos empleados fueron el Cuestionario de Evaluación Cognitiva de Eventos de Riesgo (Fromme, Katz & Rivet, 1997) y la Versión Reducida del Cuestionario CaMir para la evaluación del apego adaptado a Perú (Valenzuela, 2014). Los resultados indican que se ha encontrado una correlación inversa, baja y significativa entre Seguridad: Disponibilidad y apoyo de figuras de apego con Conductas agresivas (r = -.189, p < .05), Conductas académicas irresponsables (r = -.199, p < .05) y Conductas sexuales de riesgo (r = -.149, p < .05). / The purpose of this work was to correlate risk behaviors with the representative attachment styles among adolescents in a school in Lima. Participants were 177 adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 17 years. Two instruments were used to measure the variables: the CaMir-R (Valenzuela, 2014) and the CARE (Fromme, Katz & Rivet, 1997). The results showed that there is an inverse, low and significant correlation between Safety: Availability and attachment figure supports with Aggressive behaviors (r = -.189, p < .05), Irresponsible academic behaviors (r = -.199, p < .05) and Risky Sexual Behaviors (r = -.149, p < .05). On the other hand, there were significant, direct and low correlation between the factors. / Tesis

Background The present study examines the psychometric properties of the German adaptation of the Client Attachment to Therapist Scale (CATS). The validity of the scale as originally proposed has recently been brought into question, as patients were identified as “pseudosecure”. Methods We examined the measure’s factorial structure, as well as reliability and validity towards related measures using a clinical sample of N = 354 participants. Results We found the original model, consisting of 36 items to be lacking in terms of model fit and construct validity. A shortened 12-item version exhibited markedly improved model fit and reliability. Correlations to related constructs demonstrated that none of the scale’s validity was lost by shortening it. Furthermore, we showed scalar invariance across groups of age and sex. Conclusions The shortened CATS-S can be recommended for future use in clinical research in German-speaking populations as a valid, reliable, and economical alternative to the longer version.

Cette étude constitue un suivi longitudinal prospectif d’une cohorte de dyades de mères présentant un trouble de personnalité borderline avec leur enfant, dans une approche comparative avec unepopulation contrôle de dyades avec des mères sans trouble psychique. Elle a pour but d’éclairer le fonctionnement intrapsychique des mères et des bébés par l’étude des interactions précoces entre les mères borderline et leur bébé de trois mois. La grossesse représente une véritable crise identitaire et narcissique nécessitant un réaménagement des imagos maternels. Celui-ci ébranle l’identité de ces mères borderline déjà fragilisée par un narcissisme défaillant. Le bébé impose une relation de dépendance de laquelle la mère ne peut s’extraire. Les interactions précoces entre ces mères et leur bébé sont décrites comme étant teintées par l’intrusivité et la répétitivité, et reflètent leur incapacité à s’accorder aux rythmes propres et aux mouvements affectifs de leur enfant. Elles seraient en difficulté au sein d’un partage intersubjectif troublé pour aider le bébé à réguler ses émotions. Cette étude a aussi pour but d’éclairer la manière dont les comportements d’attachement de ces enfants, à 13 mois, s’ancrent dans la particularité de ces dysfonctionnements interactifs. L’évaluation des représentations d’attachement chez ces enfants, âgés de 4 à 8 ans, met en lumière différentes évolutions dans la qualité de leur attachement. Enfin, une approche psychodynamique de leurs récits, au test des histoires à compléter, éclaire les particularités de leur fonctionnement psychique. / This study comprises a prospective longitudinal exploration of a cohort of mother-child dyads with mothers with borderline personality disorder, compared with a control group of dyads in which mothers don’t display any psychological disorder. The aim of this study is to elucidate the early intrapsychic functioning of these mothers and infants through the study of the early interactions between these borderline mothers and their three-month-old infants. Pregnancy represents a powerful crisis, both of identity and narcissism, necessitating a reorganization of the maternal imago. It weakens the identity of mothers suffering from borderline personality disorder who are already debilitated by a failing narcissism. The infant imposes a relationship of dependence on its mother, from which she cannot extricate herself. The early mother-infant interactions are described as being imbued with intrusion and repetition, which reflect the mother’s incapacity to attune herself to the distinct rhythms and emotional movements of her child. They show difficulties at the heart of a troubled sharing of intersubjectivity to help the infant to regulate its emotions. This study endeavours to expound the way in which the attachment behaviours of these 13 month-old infants are embedded in the distinctive features of these dysfunctional interactions. The evaluation of the attachment representations of these children, aged from 4 to 8 years, draws light on different evolutions in the quality of their attachment. Ultimately, a psychodynamic approach of their narratives during the Attachment Story Stem Battery reveals the features of their psychological functioning.