Effects of Early Attachment on Later Relationships Flashcards
(10 cards)
What do Myron-Wilson and Smith support?
Effects of early attachments on later relationships.
Support for effects of early attachments on later relationships?
Myron-Wilson and Smith, Hazen and Shaver, Bailey et al, McCarthy.
Describe Myron-Wilson and Smith.
Gave questionnaires to 7-11 year olds on their attachment type, and involvement in bullying behaviour. found that secure infants were unlikely to be involved, insecure-avoidant were likely to be victims, and insecure-resistant were likely to be bullies.
What does Hazen and Shaver support?
Effects of early attachment on later relationships.
Describe Hazen and Shaver.
Printed a ‘love quiz’ in the newspaper, assessing attachment type, current relationships, and number of relationships. Those who were secure were likely to have good, long-lasting adult relationships, insecure-avoidant were more jealous with a fear of intimacy.
What does McCarthy support?
Effects of early attachments on later relationships.
Describe McCarthy.
Studied 40 adult women who had their attachment types established in infancy. Securely attached infants had the best adult friendships and romantic relationships. Insecure-resistant had problems maintaining relationships, and insecure-avoidant struggled with intimacy.
What does Zimmerman et al. contradict?
Effects of early attachment on later relationships.
Contradictory evidence for effects of early attachments on later relationships?
Zimmerman et al.
Describe Zimmerman et al.
Assessed infant attachment type and adolescent attachment to parents, finding very little correlation between the quality of these factors.
