Parenting and Special Education Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
Scand J Psychol. 2019 Aug;60(4):309-322. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12543. Epub 2019 Jun 13.
Attachment theory assumes that trust in caregivers' support and exploration are closely related. Little research tried to investigate this link, nor focuses on mechanisms that might explain this association. The present studies examined whether trust is related to exploration through a serial indirect effect of openness to negative affect and self-regulation. In Study 1, 212 children, aged 8-13, completed questionnaires assessing trust, openness to negative affect, self-regulation and exploration. The results showed that trust predicted exploration, but only to the extent to which openness to negative affect and self-regulation were involved too. Study 2 refined these findings (n = 59, aged 9-12) using a behavioral measure of openness to negative affect and exploration, and with mother-reported self-regulation. Replicating this serial indirect effect of openness to negative affect and self-regulation with multiple informants and methods, the present studies advance our understanding of how trust might foster exploration in preadolescence.
依恋理论假设，对照顾者支持和探索的信任密切相关。很少有研究试图调查这种联系，也没有关注可能解释这种关联的机制。本研究通过对消极情绪开放和自我调节的串联间接效应，考察了信任是否通过探索而相关。在研究 1 中，212 名 8-13 岁的儿童完成了评估信任、对消极情绪开放、自我调节和探索的问卷。结果表明，信任预测探索，但只有在涉及到对消极情绪开放和自我调节的程度上才如此。研究 2 使用对消极情绪开放和探索的行为测量以及母亲报告的自我调节，细化了这些发现（n=59，年龄 9-12）。通过使用多个信息源和方法复制这种消极情绪开放和自我调节的串联间接效应，本研究增进了我们对信任如何在青春期前促进探索的理解。
