We studied direct and indirect associations of attachment, trait hope, and motivations in narrative identity (agency and communion) with measures of well-being during emerging adulthood. Our aim was to determine whether hope and expressed motivations serve as mechanisms between attachment and well-being. We focused on emerging adults, for whom attachment, character, and narrative identity are well-developed and salient for developmental challenges of identity development and clarity for one’s life direction. In Study 1, college- and community-recruited adults (N = 366) wrote autobiographical narratives about future goals and self-reported attachment, hope, and well-being. Results supported indirect effects between attachment and outcomes of future goal agency and well-being via hope, as well as an indirect effect between hope and the outcome of personal growth via future goal agency. In Study 2, college adults (N = 288) wrote autobiographical narratives of their college transition experiences and self-reported attachment, hope, and well-being. Results supported indirect effects between attachment and outcomes of college transition communion and measures of well-being via hope, as well as an indirect effect between hope and the outcome of recent stress via college transition communion. Findings suggest the importance of hope as a mechanism linking emerging adults’ attachment with well-being. Findings also suggest benefits to quantifying autobiographical narratives alongside self-reports to inform well-being across adult development.

我们研究了成年期成人对幸福感的直接和间接联想，特质希望和叙事身份（机构和共融）动机。我们的目标是确定希望和表达的动机是否充当依恋与幸福之间的机制。我们关注的是新兴成年人，他们的依恋，性格和叙事身份得到了很好的发展，并且在身份发展和明确人生方向方面面临发展挑战。在研究1中，大学和社区招募的成年人（N = 366）写了关于未来目标和自我报告的依恋，希望和幸福的自传体叙事。结果支持了未来目标代理人的依恋和结果与幸福之间的间接影响，以及希望和未来目标代理人的个人成长结果之间的间接影响。在研究2中，大学生（N = 288）写了关于他们大学过渡经历以及自我报告的执着，希望和幸福的自传体叙事。结果支持了大学过渡期共融与依恋和成果之间的间接影响，以及通过希望衡量幸福感的间接影响，以及大学过渡期共融与希望与最近的压力结果之间的间接影响。研究结果表明，希望是将新兴成年人的依恋与幸福联系起来的一种机制的重要性。研究结果还表明，量化自传叙事的好处以及自我报告有助于成人成长的幸福感。