Gillath Omri, Mikulincer Mario, Fitzsimons Grainne M, Shaver Phillip R, Schachner Dory A, Bargh John A
University of California, Davis, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2006 Oct;32(10):1375-88. doi: 10.1177/0146167206290339.
When people encounter threats, their attachment systems are activated and they become motivated to seek protection and support through proximity to their attachment figures. Theoretically, therefore, mental representations of attachment figures should be associated with goals related to attaining proximity and safety. The present studies explore this idea by examining the effects of a person's chronic attachment style and exposure to a particular attachment figure's name on the automatic activation of attachment-related goals. Studies 1 and 2 examine effects of exposure to the name of a security-providing attachment figure on willingness to self-disclose and seek support (two behaviors related to gaining proximity). Study 3 examines how exposure to names of different relationship partners (with whom a participant has felt secure, anxious, or avoidant) affects the mental accessibility of attachment-related goal words. Taken together, the studies support the idea that mental representations of attachment figures are associated with attachment-related goals.
当人们遇到威胁时，他们的依恋系统会被激活，并且会产生动力，通过接近他们的依恋对象来寻求保护和支持。因此，从理论上来说，依恋对象的心理表征应该与达到亲近和安全相关的目标有关。本研究通过考察一个人的长期依恋风格以及接触特定依恋对象的名字对与依恋相关目标的自动激活的影响，来探究这一观点。研究1和研究2考察接触提供安全感的依恋对象的名字对自我表露意愿和寻求支持（两种与获得亲近相关的行为）的影响。研究3考察接触不同关系伴侣（参与者对其感到安全、焦虑或回避）的名字如何影响与依恋相关目标词汇的心理可及性。总体而言，这些研究支持了依恋对象的心理表征与依恋相关目标有关这一观点。
