ABSTRACT

Using cultivation and attachment theories as the theoretical frameworks, this study examined two potential mediators in the associations between past television exposure and adult romantic attachment: romantic self-efficacy and transportability. The resulting analyses shed light on how television exposure during childhood and adolescence may have long-term impacts on adult attachment dimensions (i.e., attachment anxiety and avoidance). Findings indicate higher past overall and genre-specific television exposure directly and indirectly promotes higher attachment anxiety above the influence of parent and peer attachment; however, the direct and indirect relationships between past overall and genre-specific television exposure and attachment avoidance are more complex. These patterns of findings contribute to the body of literature on both attachment theory and cultivation analysis.

摘要

本研究以培养和依恋理论为理论框架，研究了过去电视曝光与成人浪漫依恋之间关联的两个潜在中介：浪漫自我效能和可转移性。由此产生的分析揭示了童年和青春期的电视暴露如何对成人依恋维度（即依恋焦虑和回避）产生长期影响。研究结果表明，过去的整体和特定类型的电视曝光率更高，直接和间接地促进了更高的依恋焦虑，超过了父母和同伴依恋的影响；然而，过去整体和特定类型的电视曝光与依恋回避之间的直接和间接关系更为复杂。