Attachment - influence of early attachment on later relationships

Question 1

Study (childhood): Kerns

Answer 1

Securely attached babies had best quality friendships, insecurely attaches had difficulties

Question 2

Study (childhood): Wilson & Smith

Answer 2

Longitudinal study on 196 7 & 11 year olds -> attachment types & involvement in bullying
- Secure = not involved
- Avoidant = victims
- Resistant = bullies

Question 3

Study (adulthood): McCarthy

Answer 3

40 women aged 25-44 & relationships
- Secure = best all relationships
- Avoidant = issues with romance & intimacy
- Resistant = issues with friendships

Question 4

Study (adulthood): Bailey et al

Answer 4

99 mothers with 1 year old babies, quality of attachment assessed with SS
- Poor attachment with their own mothers impacted attachment to child

Question 5

Love Quiz: Hazan & Shaver

Answer 5

Investigation of association between attachment & adult relationships, multiple choice quiz posted in local newspaper with 620 replies
Findings: positive correlation -> secure = good relationships, insecure = jealous & afraid of intimacy

Question 6

Strength of influence of early attachments

Answer 6

Supporting evidence (reviews of research -> predicts later attachments -> e.g Bailey et al mothers & children -> conveys advantages for future development)

Question 7

Limitation of influence of early attachments

Answer 7

Correlational data (doesn’t mean causation -> issues with validity & possibility of another factor impacting attachments -> contradictory to Bowlby’s views)