ArticleDevelopmental psychology2018
Adult attachment representations and the quality of romantic and parent-child relationships: An examination of the contributions of coherence of discourse and secure base script knowledge.
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- Organizing adult attachment in alternative ways: A qualitative assessment of schemas antithetical to the secure base script.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Associations Between Scripted Attachment Representations in Late Adolescence and Depression in Adulthood in a Normative and a Higher-Risk Cohort.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2025Article
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- Testing convergence among attachment methods: Adult Attachment Interview, Relationship-Specific Attachment Scale, and Implicit Association Test.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Healthful Eating Behaviors among Couples Contribute to Lower Gestational Weight Gain.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Childhood abuse and neglect are prospectively associated with scripted attachment representations in young adulthood.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Convergent validity and stability of secure base script knowledge from young adulthood to midlife.Attachment & human development · 2021Article
- Does secure base script knowledge mediate associations between observed parental caregiving during childhood and adult romantic relationship quality and health?Attachment & human development · 2021Article
- Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms and Maternal Overprotection Regulate Adult Social Expectations on Close Relationships.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Childhood abuse and neglect and self-reported symptoms of psychopathology through midlife.Developmental psychology · 2021Article
- "Old Wine in a New Bottle". Depression and Romantic Relationships in Italian Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Effect of Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Early maternal sensitivity, attachment security in young adulthood, and cardiometabolic risk at midlife.Attachment & human development · 2019Article
- Maternal sensitivity during the first 3½ years of life predicts electrophysiological responding to and cognitive appraisals of infant crying at midlife.Developmental psychology · 2018Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Attachment Representations Coded in the Adult Attachment Interview in Late Adolescence and Perceptions of Romantic Relationship Adjustment in Adulthood.Infant and child developmentArticle
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Abstract
Attachment theory suggests that early experiences with caregivers are carried forward across development in the form of mental representations of attachment experiences. Researchers have investigated at least two representation-based constructs when studying attachment and successful adaptation in adulthood: (a) coherence of autobiographical discourse/memories and (b) knowledge of the secure base script. Here, we present data examining the unique contributions of coherent discourse regarding childhood caregiving experience and secure base script knowledge in a prospective high-risk longitudinal study, the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation. The current study included three indicators of the quality of romantic relationships: (a) observed quality of interaction with romantic partners, (b) self-reported relationship satisfaction, and (c) interview-rated effectiveness of romantic engagement. Parent-child relationship quality was also assessed across three key outcomes: (a) infant attachment security, (b) observations of supportive parenting, and (c) interview-rated supportive parenting. When examining both attachment representations simultaneously, each representation-based construct was uniquely associated with different relationship quality indices. Specifically, secure base script knowledge was uniquely associated with infant attachment security in the next generation, and coherence of discourse was uniquely associated with observations of romantic relationships quality and interview-rated supportive parenting. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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