Brief Report: Priming Attachment Memories Affects Attachment States of Pre-adolescents

Guy Bosmans, Amelie Verschueren, Bien Cuyvers, Samuel Budniok, Marinus H. van Ijzendoorn, Angela Rowe, Eva Ceulemans, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Clinical Psychology Research Group, KU Leuven, Laboratory of Biological Psychology, KU Leuven, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences Reasearch Group, KU Leuven, William James Center for Research, ISPA University, Facultad de Psicología y Humanidades, Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Valdivia

The Journal of Early Adolescence

Published online on March 24, 2026

Abstract

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Ahead of Print.
Priming or activating memories of (in)secure interactions with parents is expected to activate in-the-moment attachment feelings (aka state-like attachment, as compared to trait-like attachment). In this study, we tested whether priming secure and ...