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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Attachment security can be experimentally induced in laboratory settings.
  • Previous research shows repeated security priming has lasting effects, but can be time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of security priming delivered via text message.
  • To explore a more time-efficient method for inducing felt security.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed an initial secure or neutral attachment visualization task in a lab.
  • Following the lab session, participants received daily secure or neutral text message visualization tasks for three consecutive days.

Main Results:

  • Participants in the secure priming condition reported significantly higher felt security.
  • This effect was observed immediately after the lab prime, after the final text message, and one day post-intervention.

Conclusions:

  • Text message-based security priming is an effective and innovative methodological advancement.
  • This approach offers a promising, time-efficient direction for future attachment security research and interventions.