Influence of early atachment Flashcards
What affects future relationships?
- Treatment by caregiver.
- Infant attachment type
- Internal working model.
- Later relationships.
- Behaviour in relationships
What did Kerns investigate?
Peer relationships in childhood
What does Kerns’ research demonstrate?
Attachment type is associated with quality of peer relationships in childhood
What were Kerns’ findings?
Securely attached babies go on to form the best quality peer childhood friendships and insecurely attached babies go on to have friendship difficulties
What did Myron-Wilson and Smith investigate?
Bullying
What does Myron-Wilson and Smith’s findings demonstrate?
Bullying involvement is based off your attachment type
What were Myron-Wilson and Smith’s findings?
Securely attached babies were least likely to be involved in bullying, insecure avoidant were most likely to be victims and insecure-resistant were most likely to be bullies
What did McCarthy investigate?
Friendship and romantic relationships
What does McCarthy’s findings demonstrate?
Attachment type is reflected in romantic and platonic relationships
What were McCarthy’s findings?
Securely attached babies had the best romantic and platonic friendships, insecure-resistant babies have problems with maintaining friendships and insecure-avoidant have problems with intimacy in relationships
What did Hazan and Shaver investigate?
Romantic relationships
What do Hazan and Shaver’s research demonstrate?
Attachment style is reflected in relationships based off internal working model
What were Hazan and Shaver’s findings?
Those who had secure attachment to their parents are most likely to have a secure attachment in their relationship. Insecure-avoidant show a fear of intimacy and insecure-resistant show jealously
What did Bailey et al. investigate?
Parenting
What does Bailey et al.’s research demonstrate?
The affect of the internal working model on parenting ability
