Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Cardiff Consulting Rooms, UK.
Attach Hum Dev. 2010 Sep;12(5):445-61. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2010.501968.
This study investigated links between internal working models of attachment and the quality of adult love relationships in a high risk sample of women (n = 34), all of whom reported negative parenting in childhood. Half of the sample was identified as having a history of satisfying adult love relationships, while the remainder had experienced ongoing adult relationship problems. Measures of internal working models of attachment were made using the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). A strong association was found between attachment classifications and the quality of adult love relationships. In addition, women with satisfying love relationships demonstrated significantly higher coherence of mind ratings than those with poor relationship histories. Insecure working models of attachment were associated with problems in adult love relationships. Although secure/autonomous attachment status was linked to optimal adult relationship outcomes, some women with a history of satisfying love relationships had insecure working models of attachment. These results suggest that the ways that adults process early experiences may influence later psychosocial functioning.
这项研究调查了依恋的内部工作模式与高危人群中成年恋爱关系质量之间的关系，这些女性（n=34）都报告了童年时期的不良养育经历。样本中的一半人被确定为有过令人满意的成年恋爱关系史，而其余人则一直存在成年恋爱关系问题。使用成人依恋访谈（AAI）来测量依恋的内部工作模式。研究发现，依恋分类与成年恋爱关系的质量之间存在很强的关联。此外，与恋爱关系历史不佳的女性相比，恋爱关系满意的女性的心理一致性评分显著更高。不安全的依恋工作模式与成年恋爱关系问题有关。尽管安全/自主的依恋状态与最佳的成年关系结果相关，但一些有过满意恋爱关系史的女性也存在不安全的依恋工作模式。这些结果表明，成年人处理早期经验的方式可能会影响其以后的社会心理功能。
