PPT Slide
Two neutral, non-attachment story lines were also included in the story battery. Scriptedness was defined in terms of a prototypic attachment script in which the secure base (mom/partner) helps the individual (character in story) deal with some distress and helps to get things back to normal.
In a pilot sample of 16 adult women and a replication sample of forty, we first compared scriptedness scores across attachment narratives to determine whether there was evidence of a generalized secure base script. Secondly, we compared scriptedness scores with coherence scores from the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) to determine whether AAI coherence reflects knowledge and access to a generalized secure base script. A measure of IQ was also included to establish that the word prompt technique doesn’t substantially tap general verbal ability.