Evaluación de dos casos de madres con VIH, mediante la entrevista de apego adulto

objective: to identify the attachment classification of two women with hiv with the adult attachment interview (aai). material and methods: two women out of a sample of 37 (taken from "hiv/aids and personality disorders in pregnant women" project); who had done the adult attachment interview (aai), agreed to participate in this part of the project. the aai was audio-recorded, verbatim transcripted and evaluated -after a through certification process- according to the system developed by main, goldwyn and hesse. the two women were similar in age, occupation, marital status, being mothers, having a couple and a depression. results: two women, 23 and 26 years old, both married and working at their home; the first with three pregnancies and the other with one; both with hiv as their couples. in the experience aspect of their childhood: both suffered neglect and a diminished love or care by their parents; rejection was also found mainly in case one. it was found that both cases had a disoriented/unresolved classification with an autonomous second classification, due to unresolved traumatic experiences; and the autonomous secondary classification, as a result of the compensating influence of a substitute attachment figure, during childhood. conclusions: both women had a difficult childhood with traumatic events that were not resolved and that could be transmitted to their infants as a disorganized attachment.