Cultural Variations in Attachment

Question 1

van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg procedure

Answer 1

Meta analysis of findings on 32 studies of attachment behaviour, interested in finding how attachment behaviour changed in different cultures

Question 2

van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg findings

Answer 2

Very small differences between cultures. secure attached was most common, insecure resistant was the least common

Question 3

Similarities may be due to global culture

Answer 3

Bowlby - attachment is an innate mechanism. vI and K argued that it’s because of increasing mass media

Question 4

van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg conclusion

Answer 4

Despite cultural variations in infant care, strongest attachments are formed with the mother

Question 5

Cultures not countries

Answer 5

vIJ and K compared countries not cultures, and many countries have many subcultures. Greater caution needs to be used with the term cultural variations