Table 7.1 Infant attachment patterns, internal working models and adult states of mind concerning attachment

Adult states of mind (Adult Attachment Interview; see Hesse, 1999)	Infant pattern (Strange Situation Procedure (SSP); see Ainsworth et al., 1978)	IWM (inferred from AAI and SSP)
Organized attachment
Free: coherence of thought during the description of attachment experiences	Secure: protests at separation, calms down promptly at reunion	Positive evaluation of attachment emotions in self and others
Dismissing: idealized semantic memories of parents, contradicted by episodic memories; dismisses the value of attachment emotions	Avoidant: does not cry at separation, avoids contact at reunion	Negative evaluation of attachment emotions in self and others
Entangled: ambivalent evaluation of the meaning and value of attachment memories and emotions	Resistant: cries at separation, does not calm down and continues protest at reunion	Ambivalent evaluation of attachment emotions in self and others
Disorganized attachment
Unresolved as to trauma/loss (lapses and metacognitive deficits while reporting traumatic attachment memories; leads to frightened/frightening behaviour towards one’s child)	Disorganized: multiple, incompatible responses at separation and/or at reunion	Dramatic, multiple, dissociated representations of self and others within attachment interactions; diffuse emotional dysregulation; experience of fright without solution