The study examined the relation between the security of attachment and trust beliefs in close others during middle childhood. In the study, 133 children (63 girls, M_age = 9.5 years) completed standardized measures of the security of attachment and three bases of trust beliefs in close others (reliability, honesty, and emotional). Correlational analyses showed that children's security of attachment was associated with emotional trust beliefs in close others only. A structural equation modelling analysis yielded a path between security of attachment and emotional trust beliefs in parents as a latent factor. In addition, there was a path between the latent factor and emotional trust beliefs in peers. Alternative models did not adequately fit the data. The findings were ascribed to the role of parent's emotional trustworthiness and children's mental state discourse in promoting the relation between children's security of attachment and their emotional trust beliefs in close others.

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童年中期对亲密他人的依恋安全和信任信念

该研究调查了童年中期依恋的安全性与对亲近他人的信任信念之间的关系。在研究中，133 名儿童（63 名女孩，M_岁 = 9.5 年）完成了依恋安全性的标准化测量和对亲密他人的信任信念的三个基础（可靠性、诚实和情感）。相关分析表明，儿童的依恋安全感仅与对亲密他人的情感信任信念相关。结构方程模型分析在依恋安全性和父母的情感信任信念之间产生了一条路径，作为潜在因素。此外，潜伏因素与同龄人的情感信任信念之间存在路径。替代模型没有充分拟合数据。研究结果归因于父母的情感可信度和儿童的心理状态话语在促进儿童依恋安全与其对亲密他人的情感信任信念之间的关系中的作用。