attachment 10 - the impact of early attachment on adult relationships Flashcards
what attachment type is most likely to lead on to a child forming friendships later on in childhood?
secure attachment
insecurely attached children are more likely to be associated with what type of behaviour?
bullying behaviour
what did myron-wilson and smith research?
attachment types and bullying
what did myron-wilson and smith find about insecure avoidant children and insecure resistant children?
insecure avoidant children were most likely to be victims and insecure resistant children were most likely to be bullies
what did hazan and shaver conduct a study on?
the association between attachment and adult relationships
how many replies did hazan and shaver analyse from a love quiz printed in an american newspaper?
620
what three sections did hazan and shaver’s love quiz have?
- most important relationship
- love experiences
- attachment type
what percentage of hazan and shaver’s replies were secure, insecure avoidant and insecure resistant?
secure was 56%, insecure avoidant was 25%, insecure resistant was 19%
those in the love quiz who reported secure attachments were more likely to experience what types of relationships?
long lasting
the avoidant respondents of the love quiz tended to show what behaviours?
jealousy, fear of intimacy
how does the love quiz lack external reliability?
not all studies show that attachment type links to later relationships
what did zimmerman assess? what did he find?
he assessed infant attachment type and adolescent attachment to parents. there was very little link.
how does using a questionnaire and memory in the love quiz make it lack validity?
asking people to assess the quality of their own relationship is not effective. people may not be honest or have a realistic view of their own relationships. if you are asking them to recall their attachment as a child this relies on their memory which also might mean flaws occur.
