ABSTRACT

Increasingly, attachment representations are being assessed via secure base script knowledge – the degree to which individuals show awareness of the temporal-causal schema that summarizes the basic features of seeking and receiving effective support from caregivers during times of need. Limited research has assessed the links between secure base script knowledge and aspects of adult functioning and the role that secure base script knowledge may play in accounting for associations between early caregiving quality and adulthood functioning. We used follow-up assessments of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development cohort (N = 585) to examine whether secure base script knowledge at age 18 years: (a) is associated with later romantic relationship quality, depressive symptoms, and body mass index (BMI) at age 26 years, and (b) mediates expected associations between the quality of maternal and paternal sensitivity across the first 15 years of life and age-26 outcomes. More access to, and elaborated knowledge of the secure base script predicted less extreme hostility with romantic partners, and better emotional and physical health. Moreover, secure base script knowledge mediated the links between early maternal and paternal sensitivity and both later romantic partner hostility and depressive symptoms, but not BMI.

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越来越多地，依恋表征通过安全的基本脚本知识进行评估——个人表现出对时间因果图式的认识程度，该图式总结了在需要时寻求和接受护理人员有效支持的基本特征。有限的研究评估了安全基本脚本知识与成人功能方面之间的联系，以及安全基本脚本知识在解释早期护理质量与成年功能之间的关联中可能发挥的作用。我们使用 NICHD 早期儿童保育和青少年发展队列研究 ( N = 585) 的后续评估来检验 18 岁时安全的基本脚本知识是否：(a) 与后来的恋爱关系质量、抑郁症状和26 岁时的体重指数 (BMI)，以及 (b) 介导生命前 15 年的母亲和父亲敏感性质量与 26 岁时结局之间的预期关联。对安全基础脚本的更多访问和详细了解预示着与浪漫伴侣的极端敌意会减少，情绪和身体健康也会更好。此外，安全的基础脚本知识介导了早期母亲和父亲的敏感性与后来的浪漫伴侣敌意和抑郁症状之间的联系，但不是体重指数。