Attachment: influence of early attachment on later relationships

Question 1

What does the internal working model for bowlby state?

Answer 1

-the first attachment is a template for future relationships and bonds

Question 2

What does the internal working model effect?

Answer 2

-parenting style is based on internal working model -so attachment type is passed on in families (Bailey at al)
-romantic relationships (hazan and shaver)
-secure infants form better friendships (Simpson)

Question 3

what was the procedure to hazan and shavers study?

Answer 3

.analysed 620 replies to a ‘love quiz’ in ‘Rocky Mountain News’

Question 4

what did hazan and shavers love quiz assess?

Answer 4

.assess early attachment
.assess current relationships and relationship beliefs

Question 5

What did hazans and shavers study find?

Answer 5

.56% classed as secure infants who had long lasting relationships compared to 25% insecure-avoidant infants who feared intimacy in adulthood

Question 6

What are some things that support this theory?

Answer 6

.internal working model affects intimacy (hazan and shaver 1987)
.bailey et al 2007 -interviewed 99 adolescent mothers and found poor attachment in childhood correlated with poor children’s attachment

Question 7

What is something that doesn’t support this study?

Answer 7

.lacks validity -studies used self-report relying on accuracy and honesty -Hazan and Shaver and Bailey
.IWMs are unconscious so should not be measurable by self-report