Attachment - Cultural variations

Question 1

Who looked at proportions of secure, insecure avoidant and insecure resistant attachments across a range of countries. Also differences within same countries for the idea of variations within a culture

Answer 1

Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonberg (meta analysis)

Question 2

Procedure

Answer 2

Found 32 studies of attachment where SS has been used. Overall the studies yielded results 1990 children across 8 countries

Data was meta analysed - results being combined and weighted for sample size

Question 3

Findings and Conclusions

Answer 3

Secure attachment most common classification in all countries but ranged from 50% in China to 75% in Britain

Question 4

Name a strength of the study

Answer 4

Use of indigenous researchers (same cultural backgrounds as the participants)

Question 5

Give two limitations

Answer 5

Impact of confounding variables - studies conducted in different countries may not be matched for sample characteristics

Imposing a test designed in one culture (an imposed etic) - different cultural context from the one for which is was designed may be meaningless