Attachment security priming has important theoretical and practical implications. We review security priming theory and research and the recent concerns raised regarding priming. We then report the results of a meta-analysis of 120 studies (N = 18,949) across 97 published and unpublished articles (initial pool was 1,642 articles) investigating the affective, cognitive, and behavioral effects of security priming. A large overall positive effect size (d = .51, p < .001) was found across all affective, cognitive, and behavioral domains. The largest effect was found for affect-related outcomes (d =.62, p < .001), followed by behavioral (d = .44, p < .001), and cognitive (d = .45, p < .001). Trait attachment anxiety and avoidance moderated the effects of subliminal security priming for behavioral outcomes—security priming effects were larger among people higher on attachment anxiety and avoidance. Assessment of publication bias revealed mixed evidence for the possible presence of asymmetry.

依恋安全启动具有重要的理论和实践意义。我们回顾了安全启动理论和研究以及最近提出的有关启动的担忧。然后，我们报告了对 120 项研究 ( N = 18,949) 的荟萃分析结果，涉及 97 篇已发表和未发表的文章（初始池为 1,642 篇文章），调查安全启动对情感、认知和行为的影响。在所有情感、认知和行为领域都发现了巨大的总体积极效应（ d = .51， p < .001）。影响最大的是情感相关结果 ( d = .62, p < .001)，其次是行为 ( d = .44, p < .001) 和认知 ( d = .45, p < .001）。特质依恋焦虑和回避调节了潜意识安全启动对行为结果的影响——依恋焦虑和回避程度较高的人的安全启动效应更大。对发表偏倚的评估揭示了可能存在不对称性的混合证据。