Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Herzliya, Israel.
I-Core Research Center for Mass Trauma, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Attach Hum Dev. 2020 Jun;22(3):352-366. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2019.1589545. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
: Ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) experience prolonged distress that in some cases may influence their cellular aging (telomere length). The current research examines whether attachment orientations of ex-POWs and their spouses can explain individual differences in telomere length 40 years after the experience of captivity.: Eighty-eight Israeli ex-POWs were assessed at four time points since captivity, whereas their spouses at three time points. Attachment orientations (anxiety, avoidance) were assessed in three time points and telomere length was measured at time four.: Findings indicated that ex-POWs' attachment avoidance was associated with shorter telomere length. In addition, spouses' attachment anxiety was associated with shorter telomere length among ex-POWs, whereas spouses' attachment avoidance was unexpectedly related to longer telomere length among ex-POWs.: Results suggest that the effects of trauma on cellular aging are not uniform and that intrapersonal and interpersonal variables may moderate responses to trauma at the cellular level.
战俘（ex-POWs）经历长期的痛苦，在某些情况下可能会影响他们的细胞衰老（端粒长度）。本研究考察了战俘及其配偶的依恋取向是否可以解释被俘 40 年后端粒长度的个体差异：88 名以色列前战俘在被俘后四个时间点进行了评估，而他们的配偶在三个时间点进行了评估。在三个时间点评估了依恋取向（焦虑、回避），并在第四个时间点测量了端粒长度。研究结果表明，前战俘的回避依恋与端粒长度较短有关。此外，配偶的依恋焦虑与前战俘的端粒长度较短有关，而配偶的回避依恋与前战俘的端粒长度较长有关。研究结果表明，创伤对细胞衰老的影响并不一致，个体内和个体间变量可能会调节细胞水平对创伤的反应。
