title: Caregiving antecedents of secure base script knowledge: a comparative analysis of young adult attachment representations.
abstract: Based on a subsample (N = 673) of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) cohort, this article reports data from a follow-up assessment at age 18 years on the antecedents of secure base script knowledge, as reflected in the ability to generate narratives in which attachment-related difficulties are recognized, competent help is provided, and the problem is resolved. Secure base script knowledge was (a) modestly to moderately correlated with more well-established assessments of adult attachment, (b) associated with mother-child attachment in the first 3 years of life and with observations of maternal and paternal sensitivity from childhood to adolescence, and (c) partially accounted for associations previously documented in the SECCYD cohort between early caregiving experiences and Adult Attachment Interview states of mind (Booth-LaForce & Roisman, 2014) as well as self-reported attachment styles (Fraley, Roisman, Booth-LaForce, Cox, & Holland, 2013). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Theodore E A
authors.initials: TEA
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
authors.forename: Kelly K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bost
authors.affiliation: Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University.
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.affiliation: Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University.
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Truitt
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
authors.forename: Harriet S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Cathryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Booth-LaForce
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Glenn I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Roisman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017028:Caregivers; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires