Rholes W Steven, Eller Jami, Simpson Jeffry A, Arriaga Ximena B
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021 Jul;47(7):1119-1134. doi: 10.1177/0146167220960365. Epub 2020 Oct 3.
Attachment orientations in adulthood can change over time, but the specific circumstances that directly affect change are not well understood. Bowlby proposed that those circumstances involve the assimilation of information that is incongruent with an individual's existing attachment orientation and underlying working models. In this study, 137 couples transitioning to parenthood were followed across the first 2 years of their firstborn child's life, with both partners providing data at five time-points. Only changes in attachment avoidance were examined in this study. Consistent with predictions, downward changes in avoidance were associated with relationship events that introduced information inconsistent with avoidant working models. For example, people who provided more support to their partners declined in avoidance across the transition period. We discuss these findings and new directions needed to better understand when and how attachment orientations change during major life transitions.
成年期的依恋取向会随时间变化，但直接影响变化的具体情况尚未得到充分理解。鲍尔比提出，这些情况涉及与个体现有依恋取向和潜在工作模式不一致的信息的同化。在这项研究中，对137对初为人父母的夫妇在其第一个孩子出生后的头两年进行了跟踪，夫妻双方在五个时间点提供数据。本研究仅考察了依恋回避的变化。与预测一致，回避的下降变化与引入与回避型工作模式不一致信息的关系事件有关。例如，在过渡期间，为伴侣提供更多支持的人回避程度下降。我们讨论了这些发现以及更好地理解在重大生活转变期间依恋取向何时以及如何变化所需的新方向。
