Appendix A: the Emotional Availability Scales (2nd ed.; an abridged Infancy/Early Childhood Version)

The Emotional Availability Scales: Methodological refinements of the construct and clinical implications related to gender and at‐risk interactions

“…The series of empirical articles in that volume linked attachment (behavior and mental representations) in infancy, childhood, and adulthood to EA in mother -child relationships, both concurrently and longitudinally. This set of articles both underscored Bowlby's (1982) and Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, and Wall's (1978) conceptualization of secure attachments as involving open emotional dialogue between partners, and lent convergent validity to the Emotional Availability Scales (EAS; Biringen, Robinson, & Emde, 1993, 1998 as a measure of the overall quality of the observed emotional interactions between parents and their children. Ainsworth et al (1978) and Van IJzendoorn (1995) demonstrated that maternal interactive sensitivity was a precursor of individual differences in attachment.…”

Comparative Analysis of Three Screening Instruments for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Toddlers at High Risk

“…The assessments included a standardized parent-child play observation (Emotional Availability Scales; Biringen et al 2000), a clinical psychiatric examination, a standardized behaviour observation using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic (ADOS-G; Lord et al 2000) and a structured and standardized parent interview, the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R; Lord et al 1994;Le Couteur et al 2003). All assessments were performed and administered by certified child psychologists or psychiatrists.…”

Risikoeinschätzung bei Vernachlässigung und Kindeswohlgefährdung im Säuglings- und Kleinkindalter - Chancen früher beziehungsorientierter Diagnostik

“…Dazu gehören etwa die Ainsworth-Feinfühligkeitsskala (Ainsworth et al, 1974) oder die Emotional Availability Scale (Biringen et al, 1993). Die Ainsworth-Skala gilt als das klassische und vielfach eingesetzte Verfahren zur Erfassung elterlichen feinfühligen Verhaltens.…”