Attachment: Key Studies

Question 1

van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg: Findings

Answer 1

• most secure: GB
• least secure: West Germany
• Most IA: West Germany
• Least IA: Japan
• Least IR: GB
• Most IR: Israel

Question 2

Bowlby 44 Thieves: Procedure

Answer 2

• 88 children
• 44 theives, 44 control
• 28 non-AP
• 16 AP

Question 3

Bowlby 44 Thieves: Findings

Answer 3

• 17% of non-AP had early seperations
• 4% of control group
• 86% of AP

Question 4

Hazan and Shaver: Procedure

Answer 4

• love quiz in small town publication
• asked about current and past attachments to identify past and current attachment type
  asked about attitudes to love
• analysed 620, 205 men, 415 women

Question 5

Hazan and Shaver: Findings

Answer 5

• 56% secure
• 25% avoidant
• 19% resistant
• positive correlation between attachment type and love experiences
• secure: 10 year average relationships
• avoidant: 6 year average
• resistant: 5 year average
• relationship between conception of love and attachment type