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For example, Bretherton (1991) has proposed that attachment scripts are the cognitive building blocks of attachment representations.
In support of this hypothesis, H. Waters, Rodrigues, and Ridgeway (1998) reported that narrative techniques designed to tap into children’s attachment scripts revealed that secure children are able to produce more coherent, more elaborate attachment-relevant narratives. Similar narrative techniques with adults should reveal similar patterns as well if attachment scripts are the cognitive building blocks of attachment representations.
Seeking evidence of attachment scripts in adults, we introduced a narrative technique designed to obtain attachment relevant stories from adults. Four prompt word outlines were developed to guide story productions about attachment relevant scenarios, two mother/child scenarios (Baby’s Morning, The Doctor’s Office) and two adult/adult scenarios (Jane and Bob’s Camping Trip, The Accident).