Disturbances of Attachment Interview

This is a semi-structured interview designed to assess attachment behaviour in children, administered by clinicians to caregivers. It covers 12 items, namely


 * having a discriminated, preferred adult,
 * seeking comfort when distressed,
 * responding to comfort when offered,
 * social and emotional reciprocity,
 * emotional regulation,
 * checking back after venturing away from the care giver,
 * reticence with unfamiliar adults,
 * willingness to go off with relative strangers,
 * self endangering behavior,
 * excessive clinging,
 * vigilance/hypercompliance and role reversal.