Table 1.
Number of details generated by young and older adults in each task as a function of attachment style
| Atta-relevant memory | Atta-relevant imagination | Atta-irrelevant memory | Atta-irrelevant imagination | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal | External | Internal | External | Internal | External | Internal | External | |
| Young adults | ||||||||
| Secure (n=15) | 101.61 (28.1) | 28.61 (12.26) | 94.3 (32.83) | 24.27 (10.71) | 97.82 (28.79) | 32.43 (18.81) | 79.28 (21.64) | 28.67 (11.28) |
| Insecure (n=22) | 102.45 (31.54) | 29.44 (11.15) | 95.95 (34.94) | 23.88 (13.55) | 104.53 (29.51) | 28.96 (13.36) | 90.53 (25.4) | 27.79 (14.44) |
| Total (n=37) | 102.11 (29.79) | 29.1 (11.45) | 95.28 (33.64) | 24.04 (12.32) | 101.81 (29.01) | 30.37 (15.65) | 85.97 (24.29) | 28.15 (13.09) |
| Older adults | ||||||||
| Secure (n=22) | 97.82 (22.38) | 54.34 (19.94) | 70.47 (29.07) | 46 (19.72) | 101.11 (25.5) | 63.05 (31.72) | 64.32 (28.56) | 54.17 (29.64) |
| Insecure (n=18) | 77.28 (28.07) | 54.27 (25.81) | 58.08 (17.43) | 48.9 (25.28) | 87.78 (22.67) | 49.59 (22.47) | 48.48 (12.98) | 43.59 (24.01) |
| Total (n=40) | 88.58 (26.84) | 54.31 (22.46) | 64.89 (25.03) | 47.3 (22.14) | 95.11 (24.89) | 56.99 (28.42) | 57.19 (24.01) | 49.41 (27.43) |
Note. Standard deviations are given in parentheses.