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Narrative assessment of attachment representations: links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment.
Attach Hum Dev. 2006 Sep; 8(3):221-40.AH

Abstract

We explored the notion that adolescents possess mental secure base scripts of attachment-related events and examined, for the first time, whether these scripts were linked to adolescent attachment security. Results indicated that adolescents possessed a general script for mother and for father, and that they drew upon these scripts across different contexts. Adolescents' scripts for mother and for father were related, but only the scripts for mother predicted unique variance in adolescents' scripts for nonspecific others. Moreover, greater attachment security (as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview; AAI) was linked to greater access to and knowledge of secure base scripts for mothers, fathers, and nonspecific others. Only mother scripts, however, predicted unique variance in adolescents' AAI coherence of mind scores. Adolescents' romantic-attachment avoidance and anxiety scores (as assessed using the Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory) were linked negatively to scripts for mothers and nonspecific others, respectively.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Dykas MJ
University of Maryland, USA. Matt.Dykas@unh.edu
Woodhouse SS
No affiliation info available
Cassidy J
No affiliation info available
Waters HS
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentFather-Child RelationsFemaleHumansInterview, PsychologicalMaleMother-Child RelationsObject AttachmentPsychology, Adolescent

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16938705

Citation

Dykas, Matthew J., et al. "Narrative Assessment of Attachment Representations: Links Between Secure Base Scripts and Adolescent Attachment." Attachment & Human Development, vol. 8, no. 3, 2006, pp. 221-40.
Dykas MJ, Woodhouse SS, Cassidy J, et al. Narrative assessment of attachment representations: links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment. Attach Hum Dev. 2006;8(3):221-40.
Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Cassidy, J., & Waters, H. S. (2006). Narrative assessment of attachment representations: links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment. Attachment & Human Development, 8(3), 221-40.
Dykas MJ, et al. Narrative Assessment of Attachment Representations: Links Between Secure Base Scripts and Adolescent Attachment. Attach Hum Dev. 2006;8(3):221-40. PubMed PMID: 16938705.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Narrative assessment of attachment representations: links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment. AU - Dykas,Matthew J, AU - Woodhouse,Susan S, AU - Cassidy,Jude, AU - Waters,Harriet S, PY - 2006/8/30/pubmed PY - 2006/12/16/medline PY - 2006/8/30/entrez SP - 221 EP - 40 JF - Attachment & human development JO - Attach Hum Dev VL - 8 IS - 3 N2 - We explored the notion that adolescents possess mental secure base scripts of attachment-related events and examined, for the first time, whether these scripts were linked to adolescent attachment security. Results indicated that adolescents possessed a general script for mother and for father, and that they drew upon these scripts across different contexts. Adolescents' scripts for mother and for father were related, but only the scripts for mother predicted unique variance in adolescents' scripts for nonspecific others. Moreover, greater attachment security (as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview; AAI) was linked to greater access to and knowledge of secure base scripts for mothers, fathers, and nonspecific others. Only mother scripts, however, predicted unique variance in adolescents' AAI coherence of mind scores. Adolescents' romantic-attachment avoidance and anxiety scores (as assessed using the Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory) were linked negatively to scripts for mothers and nonspecific others, respectively. SN - 1461-6734 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16938705/Narrative_assessment_of_attachment_representations:_links_between_secure_base_scripts_and_adolescent_attachment_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -