Holmes, Bjarne M.Lyons-Ruth, Karlen2018-06-202006Holmes, Bjarne M., and Karlen Lyons-Ruth. 2006. “The Relationship Questionnaire-Clinical Version (RQ-CV): Introducing a Profoundly-Distrustful Attachment Style.” Infant Mental Health Journal 27 (3): 310–325. doi:10.1002/imhj.20094.0163-96411097-0355http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:37140328Cost-efficient prenatal assessments are needed that have the potential to identify those at risk for parent/infant relational problems. With this goal in mind, an additional attachment style description was added to the Relationship Questionnaire (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991), an established self-report attachment measure, to create the Relationship Questionnaire: Clinical Version (RQ-CV). The additional description represents a profoundly-distrustful attachment style: “I think it's a mistake to trust other people. Everyone's looking out for themselves, so the sooner you learn not to expect anything from anybody else the better.” The RQ-CV was applied to a sample of 44 low-income mothers who had participated in a previous study of the impact of family risk factors on infant development. After first controlling for demographic risk factors and for other insecure adult attachment styles, mother's profound-distrust was associated with three independent assessments of the quality of maternal interactions with the infant assessed 20 years earlier. In particular, profound-distrust was related to more hostile, intrusive, and negative behaviors toward the infant. The results are discussed within the framework of attachment theory.en-USJournal Article2014-02-18Bjarne Holmes, Karlen Lyons-Ruth10.1002/imhj.20094