Attachment type and later relationships

Question 1

Hazan and Shaver - procedure

Answer 1

Tested Bowlby’s hypothesis that attachment type affected later relationships with their ‘love quiz’
The quiz was made up of nearly 100 questions and they received 620 replies

Question 2

Hazen and Shaver - findings

Answer 2

56% identified themselves as secure
25% avoidant
19% resistant

Question 3

Hazen and Shaver - conclusion

Secure adults - romantic reels

Answer 3

Relationships are positive
Trust others and believe in enduring love
Positive image of mother as dependable and caring
Less likely to be divorced
Recognise and deal with patterns faults
Better emotional intimacy
Functional, happy and trusting

Question 4

Hazen and Shaver - conclusion

Resistant adults - romantic reels

Answer 4

Preoccupied by love
Fall in love easily but have trouble finding ‘true’ love
Conflicting memories of mother being positive and rejecting
Controlling over partners
Try spending to much time with parter
May become jealous

Question 5

Hazen and Shaver - conclusion

Avoidant adults - romantic reels

Answer 5

Fearful of closeness / struggle with intimacy
Love is not durable nor necessary for happiness
Remember mother as cold and rejecting
Distance in a relationship
Struggle to form in the first place

Question 6

Secure - childhood peer relationships

Answer 6

Best quality childhood friendships

Functional and happy

Question 7

Resistant - childhood peer relationships

Answer 7

Problems maintaining friendships

Clingy

Question 8

Avoidant - childhood peer relationships

Answer 8

Struggle to form friendships
Inappropriate friendship behaviour
Uninvolved