Week 5a - Attachment & Grief

Question 1

What is the difference between loss and grief?

Answer 1

Loss
the removal of attachment

Grief
the reaction to loss

Question 2

What are 4 types of Grief?

Answer 2

• Anticipatory grief
• Disenfranchised grief
• Non finite grief
• Complicated grief

Question 3

What are factors affecting grief?

Answer 3

Personal (developmental stage)
Cultural
Coping strategies
Social support

Question 4

Who are 2 attachment theorists and what did they believe?

Answer 4

Spitz - there are 5 features due to lack of attachment

Bowlby - there are 4 phrases of reaction after separation

Question 5

What are Spitz’s beliefs?

Answer 5

there are 5 features due to lack of attachment:

• egocentric
• superficial attachment
• inability to give/ receive affection
• more aggressive
• delay in speech

Question 6

What are Bowlby’s beliefs?

Answer 6

there are 3 stages of reaction after separation:

1. ) Protest - express distress physically/ emotionally
2. ) Despair - withdrawal/ depressed
3. ) Detachment - bit more interactive but generally unresponsive

Question 7

What are the 3 attachment styles?

Answer 7

1. ) Secure attachment
   - distressed when mother leaves
   - attachment when mother returns
2. ) Insecure attachment and avoidant attachment
   - no distress when mother leaves
   - no attachment when mother returns
3. ) Insecure and ambivalent attachment
   - upset prior mother leaves
   - no attachment when mother returns

Question 8

What are the parenting styles?

Answer 8

- Secure Attachment
\: available, helpful
- Insecure Anxious
\: uncertain, rejections
- Insecure Disorganised
\: absent