3.6: Adult relationships

Question 1

Research suggests that individuals who form secure infant attachments go on to do what?

Answer 1

Research suggests that individuals who form secure infant attachments go on to enjoy loving, long-lasting adult relationships

Question 2

Adult relationships

Answer 2

Adult relationships are those relationships the child goes on to have later in life as an adult

Question 3

Adult relationships are those relationships the child goes on to have later in life as an adult.
What do these include?

Answer 3

These include:
1. Friendships and working relationships
,but, most critically,
2. Relationships with romantic partners and the person’s own children

Question 4

Research indicates an intergenerational continuity between adults’ attachment type and their children, including children adopting the parenting styles of their own parents.
There also appears to be continuity between early attachment styles and the quality of later adult relationships.
However, those who fail to achieve secure attachments in childhood are not necessarily condemned to a life of broken relationships, divorce and a cycle of inadequate parenting as research indicates that it is possible for such individuals to do what?

Answer 4

Those who fail to achieve secure attachments in childhood are not necessarily condemned to a life of:
1. Broken relationships
2. Divorce
2. A cycle of inadequate parenting
as research indicates that it is possible for such individuals to develop secure adult relationships

Question 5

Internal working models also affect the child’s ability to parent their own children.
People tend to base their parenting style on their internal working model, so attachment type tends to be passed on through what?

Answer 5

People tend to base their parenting style on their internal working model, so attachment type tends to be passed on through generations of a family

Question 6

Temperament hypothesis

Answer 6

The temperament hypothesis is the idea that the nature of infants’ attachments is due to innate personality factors

Question 7

What do children with attachment disorder have?

Answer 7

Children with attachment disorder have:

1. No preferred attachment figure
2. An inability to interact and relate to others
3. An experience of severe neglect or frequent change of caregivers

Question 8

Children with attachment disorder have no preferred attachment figure, an inability to interact and relate to others and an experience of severe neglect or frequent change of caregivers.
What has this disorder been recognised and classed as?

Answer 8

This disorder has been:
1. Recognised
2. Classed as
a distinct psychiatric condition