Levels of Processing in Parent-Child Relationships: Implications for Clinical Assessment and Treatment

shed new light on the nature of parent-child relationships and their potential contribution to child and adolescent psychopathology. Researchers have linked insecure states of mind in the Adult Attachment Interview to increased risk for a variety of symptoms in adults (Dozier, Stovall, & Albus, 1999) while patterns of insecure parent-infant attachment have been associated with increased risk for child and adolescent psychopathology (Greenberg, 1999). Despite, the progress in understanding the relation between attachment and psychopathology, research findings have had several notable limitations for clinicians working with children and their parents.