cultural variation in attachment

Question 1

kroonenberg meta analysis procedure

Answer 1

looked at proportions of different types of attachment across countries
looked at differences within countries to find variations within culture
found 32 studies using the strange situation - 8 countries + 15 in america
data then meta analysed

Question 2

kroonenberg meta analysis findings

Answer 2

secure was most common - 50% in China - 75% in GB
individualist countries were around 14% insecure resistant
collectivist insecure resistant rates above 25%
suggests there are cultural differences effecting the distribution of insecure attachment
variations within countries 150% greater than in other countries - US found that one study was around 46% secure and another was 90%

Question 3

simonelli procedure

Answer 3

assessed 76 babies at 12 months using the SS to see if attachment rates still match previous studies done in Italy

Question 4

simonelli findings

Answer 4

50% secure
46% insecure avoidant
may be because more mothers work longer hours stopping them from spending time with children

Question 5

jin procedure

Answer 5

compared attachment types of 87 korean babies to proportions in other studies

Question 6

jin findings

Answer 6

found simmilar patterns of secure and insecure attachment - insecure categories different - only one baby was avoidant.