A02 influence of childhood on adult rels Flashcards
What are the 2 sections on the parent child rels
Research support
Research support for influence on childhood abuse
Who tested role between attachment type and later adulthood
Fraley
What did frame do and find
Meta analysis of studies
Found a correlation between early attachment type/styke and adult rels
Said that the reason for some low correlation s was cz of the insecure anxious style was unstable
Who gave research support for the influence of childhood abuse on later rels
Berenson and Anderson
What did berenson and Anderson do and find
Found that women that were abused in childhood showed negative reactions towards another person but only with people who reminded then of their abusive parent
Concluded that this would lead to them to use the behaviours learnt during their abusive rel with in later adult rels which could be harmful.
What are the 2 sections for the evaluation of interaction with peers
Gender differences
Negative effects
Who tested gender differences
Richard and schneider
Erwin
What did Richard and schneider do and find
Girls tended to have more intimate friendships compared to buys so gender differences in childhood rels was supported
What did Erwin do and find
Found that boys had more competitive rels but girls had rels that involved more sharing and cooperative activities.
But said many gender similarities tend to be overlooked and differences are over emphasised
Conclusion for gender differences
Can’t generalise
Hard to apply findings on all people.
Who tested the negative effects of adult relationship
Haynie
Neemann et al
Roisman et al
What did haynie do and find
Found that deviance increased even by 35% in indvs who were romantically involved when teens.
What did Neemann et al do and find
Found an assoxuation between adokescebt romantic involvement and academic performance decreasing and conduct problems increasing in
Suggested timing of adolescent rels that determine how they influence adult rels
What did Roisman et al do and find
Challenges mad send findings on adolescent rels date frequency thing
Found tat there wasn’t any effect of romantic rels in early adulthood at 20 on romantic rels aged 30
Suggested that early romantic rels arne t really the building blocks for later romantic rels
