Change and stability in attachment security

解释人们在一生中是否、如何以及为什么会改变或保持不变是心理学研究的一个基本问题。这个项目旨在解释人们在亲密关系中依恋安全体验的变化和连续性。在人们的亲密关系中发生的事情对他们的福利有着严重的影响。关系问题通常与消极结果有关，如抑郁症，暴力和离婚，仅举几例。因此，理解为什么人们随着时间的推移在关系中变得越来越安全，对于促进个人和二元幸福都很重要。该项目有三个目标。第一个是调查生活经历以及人们看待这些经历的方式如何在短期和长期内对依恋安全性的变化做出贡献。第二个是检查安全感的变化是否对某些人的生活环境更具反应性，而不是其他人。第三个目标是检查人们在所有浪漫关系中体验相同安全水平的程度，而不是根据每段新关系的各个方面来确定他们的安全水平。这些问题将使用不同的方法进行审查。为了捕捉安全性的日常波动，将进行两个试图引起安全级别变化的实验。此外，还将对一组约会夫妇的日常经历进行日记研究，以检查日常安全感的变化，以应对现实生活中的关系环境。最后，将进行一项跟踪参与者两年多的纵向研究，以检查依恋安全性的变化和连续性，以应对重要的生活事件和新的关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Explaining whether, how, and why people change or stay the same over their lifetime is a fundamental issue in psychological research. This project seeks to explain changes and continuities in people's experiences of attachment security in close relationships. What happens in people's close relationships has serious implications for their welfare. Relationship problems are frequently associated with negative outcomes such as depression, violence, and divorce, to name just a few. As such, understanding why people become more or less secure in relationships over time will be important for promoting both individual and dyadic well being. The project has three goals. The first is to investigate how life experiences and the ways in which people view those experiences contribute to changes in attachment security over short and longer time periods. The second is to examine whether changes in security are more reactive to life circumstances for some people, but not others. The third objective is to examine the extent to which people experience the same levels of security across all of their romantic relationships versus base their level of security on aspects of each new relationship. These issues will be examined using diverse methods. To capture day-to-day fluctuations in security, two experiments that attempt to induce change in levels of security will be conducted. In addition, a diary study of daily experiences with a group of dating couples will be conducted to examine daily changes in security in response to real-life relationship circumstances. Finally, a longitudinal study that follows Participants over two years will be conducted to examine change and continuity in attachment security in response to important life events and new relationships.