Attachment and the processing of social information across the life span: theory and evidence.
Researchers have used J. Bowlby's (1969/1982, 1973, 1980, 1988) attachment theory
frequently as a basis for examining whether experiences in close personal relationships …
frequently as a basis for examining whether experiences in close personal relationships …
The secure base script concept: An overview
TEA Waters, GI Roisman - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Attachment representations in adulthood take the form of a cognitive
script.•Secure base script knowledge develops based on the quality of early caregiving.•The …
script.•Secure base script knowledge develops based on the quality of early caregiving.•The …
Fostering security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children
L Van den Dries, F Juffer, MH Van IJzendoorn… - Children and youth …, 2009 - Elsevier
Adopted children are hypothesized to be at risk of insecure attachment relationships
because of their background of institutional care, maltreatment and neglect. We conducted …
because of their background of institutional care, maltreatment and neglect. We conducted …
What's inside the minds of securely and insecurely attached people? The secure-base script and its associations with attachment-style dimensions.
M Mikulincer, PR Shaver, Y Sapir-Lavid… - Journal of personality …, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
In 8 studies the authors explored the procedural knowledge (secure-base script; HS Waters
& E. Waters, 2006) associated with secure attachment (ie, low scores on attachment anxiety …
& E. Waters, 2006) associated with secure attachment (ie, low scores on attachment anxiety …
Caregiving antecedents of secure base script knowledge: a comparative analysis of young adult attachment representations.
RD Steele, TEA Waters, KK Bost… - Developmental …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Based on a subsample (N= 673) of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth
Development (SECCYD) cohort, this article reports data from a follow-up assessment at age …
Development (SECCYD) cohort, this article reports data from a follow-up assessment at age …
A behavior-genetic study of parenting quality, infant attachment security, and their covariation in a nationally representative sample.
GI Roisman, RC Fraley - Developmental Psychology, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
A number of relatively small–sample, genetically sensitive studies of infant attachment
security have been published in the past several years that challenge the view that all …
security have been published in the past several years that challenge the view that all …
From maternal sensitivity in infancy to adult attachment representations: A longitudinal adoption study with secure base scripts
C Schoenmaker, F Juffer… - Attachment & Human …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We examined whether differences in adult attachment representations could be predicted
from early and later maternal sensitivity, controlling for early and later assessments of …
from early and later maternal sensitivity, controlling for early and later assessments of …
Secure base representations in middle childhood across two Western cultures: Associations with parental attachment representations and maternal reports of …
TEA Waters, G Bosmans, E Vandevivere… - Developmental …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent work examining the content and organization of attachment representations
suggests that 1 way in which we represent the attachment relationship is in the form of a …
suggests that 1 way in which we represent the attachment relationship is in the form of a …
'Adoption and attachment theory'the attachment models of adoptive mothers and the revision of attachment patterns of their late‐adopted children
CS Pace, GC Zavattini - Child: care, health and development, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examined the attachment patterns of late‐adopted children (aged 4–7)
and their adoptive mothers during the first 7‐to 8‐month period after adoption and aimed to …
and their adoptive mothers during the first 7‐to 8‐month period after adoption and aimed to …
Adult attachment representations and the quality of romantic and parent–child relationships: An examination of the contributions of coherence of discourse and secure …
Attachment theory suggests that early experiences with caregivers are carried forward
across development in the form of mental representations of attachment experiences …
across development in the form of mental representations of attachment experiences …