4.4 Attachment Summary

Question 1

What is a secure attachment useful for ?

Answer 1

Encourages the development of social and cognitive skills thanks to emotional security

Question 2

What is the important factor in the development of the bond ?

Answer 2

The nature of the interaction, not the amount of time spent together

Question 3

What’s the percentage of children with secure attachment ?

Answer 3

65%

35% among the insecure categories

Question 4

What has attachment theory been extended to ?

Answer 4

To adult romantic relationships, in the late 80s by Cindy Hazan and Philip Shaver

Question 5

What’s the assumption in adult attachment ?

Answer 5

The same motivational system that gives rise to close emotional bond between child and parents is responsible for the bond between adults in emotionally intimate relationships

Question 6

What are the attachment styles identified in adults ?

Answer 6

• secure
• anxious-preoccupied
• dismissive-avoidant
• fearful-avoidant

Question 7

What are IWMs ?

Answer 7

Internal Working Models : internalized representations of the “self” and “other” based on a child interactions with his/her caregivers

They affect later social, psychological and biological capacities.

Question 8

What are the most common measures of adult attachment ?

Answer 8

Self report questionnaires and coded interviews based on the AAI (Adult Attachment Interview)