Cultural variation in attachment Flashcards
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By who is cultural variation in attachment investigated by?
Van ijzendoorn
What is a meta analysis ?
Where researchers combine the findings from multiple studies to draw an overall conclusion
What did van ijzendoorn do ?
He carried out a meta analysis of research findings from the strange situation carried out in different countries
State the explanation for cultural variation in attachment ?
If attachments are innate then attachment types should be similar across all cultures
If attachments are learnt through different child-rearing styles then there should be differences across all cultures
State the purpose of the analysis ?
To compare the result of 32 studies using the strange situation from 8 different countries
Findings
What kind of attachments were found to be most common innall countries ?
Secure attachments
Findings
Which country had the highest percentage of type A - insecure-avoidant children ?
Germany had the highest 35% of type A children
Findings
Which country had the highest percentage of type C insecure-resistant children ?
Japan had the highest 27% of type C children
Findings
What was the conclusion iverall ?
Overall the variation within cultures was greater than the variation between cultures
Which countries were involved in the analysis?
8 countries
Britain, china , germany, holland , israel, japan , sweeden , usa
What were the overall percentages of attachment types?
Type a = 21%
Type B = 67%
Type C = 12%
What did they find in one american sample ?
There was 94% type A attachments , whilst in other USA samples there was 47% type A attachments
Which type was mostly found in western countriew ?
Type A
Which attachment type was found more in israel , china and japan ?
Type C
All countries were not represented- why is that an issue ?
Because universal conclusions cannot be drawn without these countries
