Cross Cultural Variations In Attachment Flashcards
What did they conduct?
A meta-analysis
Who looked at cross cultural variations in attachment?
Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg
How manat countries did they study?
8
How many studies did they look at?
32
What attachments were they looking at?
The mother infant pairs (not father infant pairs and not other carer infant pairs) and they also excluded studies that identified special needs
How many mother infant pairs did they look at?
At least 35 in each study
How did they classify different attachment types?
With Ainsworths strange situation
Which country had the highest percentage of secure attachments? With what percentage?
Sweden 75%
Which country had the lowest percentage of secure attachments? With what percentage?
China 50%
Which country had the highest percentage of insecure resistant attachments? With what percentage?
Israel 29%
Which country had the lowest percentage of insecure resistant attachments? With what percentage?
Sweden 4%
Which country had the highest percentage of insecure avoidant attachments? With what percentage?
Germany 35%
Which country had the lowest percentage of insecure avoidant attachments? With what percentage?
Japan 5%
In Takahashi’s study what did he use to determine attachments?
The strange situation
In Takahashi’s study how many infants did he observe and what were their age?
60, 1 year olds
In Takahashi’s study what culture were they from
Middle-class Japanese families
In Takahashi’s study what were the results?
68% secure
32% insecure resistant
0% insecure avoidant
In Takahashi’s study why were the infants very distressed when left alone?
Japanese children are rarely left alone before the age if two and spend a lot if time with their carer, including sleeping
