Table 2.
Sample Prompt Word Outline and Stories – Middle Childhood Script Assessment
| At the Beach (Belgium changes in Study 2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mom and I | climb (sandcastle) | mom | bandage |
| picnic | rocks (glass) | hurry | hug |
| beach | I’m cut | doctor | home |
Secure Base Script Story (Study 1)
One day my Mom and I went to the beach to have a picnic. The beach was miles long. There was tons of rocks there so we decided to explore the land. I climbed on the rocks and one time I slipped by accident and I cut my knee. My mom hurried over there and she was wondering if I was ok. She saying “Let’s go. We have to get you to the doctor.” But I knew that it wasn’t that bad so I told her “No, it was ok. I just need a band-aid.” And then my mom hurried into the picnic basket and she got out band-aids a box of band-aids because she always like, she always has everything that we might need. She never knows what happens. So she out the band-aid on my knee and gave me a hug. She wanted me to feel okay about it but I was already ok. After a few minutes exploring again my mom wanted us to go home so that my knee could heal perfectly.
Secure Base Script Story (Study 2- Belgium Sample)
Mom and I had a great, had a great idea. We went to the beach. We drove with the car to the beach and we had a picnic, and we brought a picnic. Yes, and we parked and then we went searching for a spot on the beach. Mom went tanning a bit, by the sun, through the sunscreen. And I nicely went swimming in the sea. But suddenly, auw auw that hurts! I yelled, I yelled to mom and mom ran fast as the wind to me. My child, what’s wrong. Yes, and, yes I said ‘mom, my foot hurts’. And she took a look at my foot, and no! that was a glass that got straight into my foot. We drove as fast as possible to the doctor. At the nearest doctor. The doctor put a bandage over her foot that was bleeding badly. But it hurt very very much. And in order to relief the pain a bit, I hugged mom very tight. Mom liked that. And then we go home. What a beautiful day at the sea, except for the foot.
Low Scoring Story – No secure base content/support seeking, focus on maternal negative affect (Study 1)
One day my mom and I decided to have a picnic at the beach. We were in the water for hours but it started to get boring as the day was getting darker, so I decided to climb the rocks. My mom was very nervous about it. I went and all of a sudden I fell and got cut. My mom was freaking out and we had to hurry home to call a doctor. Finally, the doctor came and he bandaged my cut and I was going to be okay. I gave my mom a hug and then I went home and everything was going to be fine.