Psychother Res. 2000 Dec;10(4):390-407. doi: 10.1093/ptr/10.4.390.
The main aim of this research was to test the discriminant capacity of computer-based, linguistic text measures which are economically compilable (Emotion-Abstraction Patterns, Mergenthaler, 1996; Computerized Referential Activity, Mergenthaler & Bucci, 1999) in differentiating between complex attachment representations in the Adult Attachment Interview (Main & Goldwyn, 1994). The study of N = 40 healthy controls produced the consistent result that, of the two insecure attachment categories, the group 'dismissing' (n = 10) showed the lowest means on all text measures, whereas the group 'preoccupied' (n = 10) showed the highest means. The mean of the attachment group 'secure' (n = 20) lay between these groups. This ranking is consistent with the results of studies which had another research focus, showing deactivation or hyperactivation of attachment-relevant information in both insecure attachment groups, as well as flexibility in the 'secure' group. We also discuss whether the coincidence of language markers for emotion and abstraction, as well as Computerized Referential Activity, is adequate to operationalize the construct of coherence in narrative style.
这项研究的主要目的是测试基于计算机的语言文本测量的区分能力，这些测量在经济上是可编译的（Emotion-Abstraction Patterns，Mergenthaler，1996；Computerized Referential Activity，Mergenthaler & Bucci，1999），以区分成人依恋访谈（Main & Goldwyn，1994）中的复杂依恋表现。对 N = 40 名健康对照者的研究产生了一致的结果，即在所研究的两个不安全依恋类别中，“回避型”（n = 10）组在所有文本测量上的平均值最低，而“痴迷型”（n = 10）组的平均值最高。“安全型”（n = 20）依恋组的平均值介于这两个组之间。这种排名与其他研究重点的研究结果一致，这些研究结果表明，两个不安全依恋组都存在与依恋相关信息的去激活或过度激活，以及“安全型”组的灵活性。我们还讨论了情感和抽象的语言标记以及计算机化参照活动是否足以将连贯的结构操作性定义为叙述风格。
