University of Leipzig.
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
Child Dev. 2021 Jul;92(4):1274-1290. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13494. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
Attachment theory proposes that children's representations of interactions with caregivers guide information-processing about others, bridging interpersonal domains. In a longitudinal study (N = 165), preschoolers (M = 5.19 years) completed the MacArthur Story Stem Battery to assess parent representations. At school-age (M = 8.42 years), children played a virtual ballgame with peers who eventually excluded them to track event-related cardiac slowing, a physiological correlate of rejection, especially when unexpected. At both ages, parents and teachers reported on peer and emotional problems. During exclusion versus inclusion-related events, cardiac slowing was associated with greater positive parent representations and fewer emerging peer problems. Cardiac slowing served as a mediator between positive parent representations and peer problems, supporting a potential psychophysiological mechanism underlying the generalization of attachment-related representations to peer relationships.
依恋理论提出，儿童对与照顾者互动的表征指导着对他人的信息处理，从而连接人际领域。在一项纵向研究中（N=165），学龄前儿童（M=5.19 岁）完成了麦克阿瑟故事干电池评估来评估父母的代表。在学龄期（M=8.42 岁），孩子们与同伴玩虚拟球赛，最终同伴将他们排除在外，以跟踪与拒绝相关的事件相关的心脏减速，这是拒绝的生理相关指标，尤其是在意外情况下。在这两个年龄段，父母和老师都报告了同伴和情绪问题。在排除与包括相关的事件中，心脏减速与更积极的父母代表和较少出现的同伴问题相关。心脏减速作为积极父母代表和同伴问题之间的中介，支持了将依恋相关代表推广到同伴关系的潜在心理生理机制。
