ERIC Number: EJ1358950
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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The Effect of Attachment Priming on State Attachment Security in Middle Childhood: The Moderating Roles of Trait Attachment and State Attachment Volatility
Cuyvers, Bien; Verhees, Martine W. F. T.; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Rowe, Angela C. M.; Ceulemans, Eva; Bosmans, Guy
Journal of Early Adolescence, v43 n2 p164-193 Feb 2023
Recent studies showed that attachment security can change within persons, suggesting that there might be an interplay between a rather stable (trait) and rather variable (state) part of attachment. The study's first aim was to investigate whether attachment priming could influence the level of state attachment. The second aim was to explore possible moderators explaining individual differences in the relation between state attachment responses to attachment versus neutral primes. This can shed light on individual differences in attachment prime-induced state attachment. We conducted a within-subjects priming study in which children (9-13 years) were allocated to three priming procedures (neutral, secure, avoidant). Results showed an increase in secure state attachment after secure attachment priming. Individual differences in the strength of this effect were moderated by trait attachment and state attachment volatility. First findings cautiously suggest that state attachment security can change in response to environmental cues under certain circumstances.
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Security (Psychology), Family Environment, Social Influences, Foreign Countries, Priming
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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