ABSTRACT

Previous studies reported an inconsistency between verbal extracts and emotional physiological activation in dismissing individuals when narrating their early caregiving experience at the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). This study aimed to explore this discrepancy by analyzing the degree of concordance between verbal content and prosodic characteristics, index of physiological activation, when dismissing and secure individuals discuss negative childhood memories during the AAI. Results showed that secure participants presented a high coherence between verbal content and emotional activation, as expressed by prosody, revealing a reprocess of negative experiences that is the core feature of the development of secure working models. In contrast, dismissing participants’ prosodic characteristics were discrepant with the verbal content. These individuals downplayed the nature and impact of negative experiences and emotions, but used a prosody that revealed a high emotional arousal. The difference between the two groups was more evident for participants who had experienced more rejecting parents.

摘要

以前的研究报告说，在成人依恋访谈 (AAI) 中讲述他们的早期护理经历时，言语摘录和情绪生理激活之间存在不一致。本研究旨在通过分析言语内容与韵律特征、生理激活指数之间的一致性程度来探索这种差异，当解雇和保护个人在 AAI 期间讨论负面童年记忆时。结果表明，安全参与者在口头内容和情感激活之间表现出高度的连贯性，正如韵律所表达的那样，揭示了消极体验的再处理，这是安全工作模式发展的核心特征。相比之下，忽略参与者的韵律特征与口头内容不一致。这些人淡化了负面经历和情绪的性质和影响，但使用的韵律揭示了高度的情绪唤起。对于经历过更多拒绝父母的参与者来说，两组之间的差异更为明显。