Attachment-cultural Variations Flashcards
Describe van and kroonenberg study on cultural variations in attachment
⚫️reviewed 32 strange situation studies from 8 countries
➡️involves over 2,000 children
➡️found similar patter to Ainsworth
➡️secure attatchment most commen
➡️followed by insecure avoidant, insecure resistant
➡️insecure avoidant not common in japan and Israel
➡️but insecure resistance was
➡️differences between two Japanese studies
➡️one no insecure avoidant
➡️the other similar to Ainsworth study
➡️suggest differences not only between cultures
➡️but within cultures
Name psychologist for cultural variations in attachment
⚫️van ijzendoorn and kroonenberg
➡️difference within cultures
⚫️kyoung
➡️similair cultures
Describe kyoung study of cultural variations in attachments
⚫️found differences between Americans and Koreans
➡️korean infants not staying close with mothers
➡️korean mothers being more likely to play with infants when returning from separation
➡️but similar proportion of securely-attached children in both cultures
➡️suggest different childrearing practices
➡️can lead to secure attachments
Give an evaluation of cultural variations
⚫️strange situations have different meanings in different cultures
➡️japanese children are rarely seperated from mothers
➡so separation is upsetting for them
➡️rogoff found
➡️black american children
➡️have many caregivers
➡️encouraged to be friendly to strangers
➡️strange situation activated their interest to explore
⚫️okonogi reported
➡️japanese children taught to fear and avoid strangers
➡️suggests strange situation
➡️ not an appropriate research method for non western cultures
➡️as its based on western cultural practices
⚫️danger of cross cultural studies of attachment of an imposed etic
➡️where investigators
➡️conduct research and interpret results
➡️which become biased to their own cultural belief
➡️wrongly imposing such views onto other cultures
➡️can lead to false results and conclusions
