a Department of Psychology and Social Behavior , University of California , Irvine , USA.
b Department of Human & Social Sciences , University of Bergamo , Bergamo , Italy.
Attach Hum Dev. 2019 Aug;21(4):332-351. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1479870. Epub 2018 Jun 4.
This study investigated the effects of adolescents' attachment security and reflective functioning (RF) (assessed by the adult attachment interview [AAI]) in the prediction of well-being in adulthood. Adolescents ( = 79; = 14.6 years old; SD = 3.5 years) completed the AAI at Time 1 (T1), which was subsequently coded for inferred attachment experiences, narrative coherence, and RF by three nonoverlapping teams of raters. Participants completed the Psychological General Well-being Index at T1 and 8 years later (Time 2, T2). Analyses showed that (a) both adolescent narrative coherence and RF were significant predictors of almost all indices of well-being at T2 in adulthood; (b) both narrative coherence and RF indirectly linked inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being; (c) when included in the same model, RF was a significant indirect effect linking inferred loving parental care and T2 well-being. These findings contribute to theory in suggesting that both RF and narrative coherence are predictive of subsequent psychological well-being and operate as links between inferred parental care and subsequent adjustment. Possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.
本研究旨在探讨青少年依恋安全性和反射功能（通过成人依恋访谈 [AAI] 评估）对成年后幸福感的预测作用。研究对象为 79 名青少年（平均年龄为 14.6 岁，标准差为 3.5 岁），他们在 T1 时完成了 AAI，并随后由三个不重叠的评分小组对依恋经历、叙述连贯性和 RF 进行编码。参与者在 T1 和 8 年后（T2）完成了《心理总体幸福感指数》的评估。分析结果表明：（a）青少年的叙述连贯性和 RF 都对成年后 T2 时的幸福感几乎所有指标都具有显著预测作用；（b）叙述连贯性和 RF 间接地将推断出的父母关爱与 T2 时的幸福感联系起来；（c）当被纳入同一个模型时，RF 是将推断出的父母关爱与 T2 时的幸福感联系起来的一个显著的间接效应。这些发现为理论提供了支持，表明 RF 和叙述连贯性都可以预测后续的心理幸福感，并充当了推断出的父母关爱与后续适应之间的联系。对这些发现背后的可能机制进行了讨论。
