Cultural Variations In Attachment

Question 1

Who investigated cultural variations in attachment

Answer 1

Van Ljzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1998)
Takahashi (1990)

Question 2

What was Van ljzendoorn and Kroonberg aim for their study

Answer 2

investigate cultural variation in attachment

Question 3

What was the procedure of Van Ljzendoorn and Kroonenberg

Answer 3

Conducted a meta analysis of 32 studies that had used the strange situation across 8 countries using 1990 infants

Asses differences within culture and between culture

Question 4

What were the two type of cultures in Van ljzendoorn and kroonenberg

Answer 4

Individualistic and Collectivist

Question 5

What were the findings of Van ljzendoorn and kroonenberg

Answer 5

Secure attachment was the most common form of attachment

Question 6

Which country had the highest amount of secure attachments in infants

Answer 6

The Uk 🇬🇧
(Individualist)

Question 7

Which country had the lowest amount of secure attachments in infants

Answer 7

China 🇨🇳
(Collectivist)

Question 8

Which country had the highest amount of infants with insecure avoidant attachments

Answer 8

Germany 🇩🇪
(Individualistic)

Question 9

Which country had the lowest amount of infants with insecure avoidant attachments

Answer 9

Japan 🇯🇵
(Collectivist)

Question 10

Which country had the highest amount of infants with insecure resistant attachments

Answer 10

Israel
(Collectivist)

Question 11

Which country had the least amount of children with insecure resistant attachments

Answer 11

The Uk 🇬🇧
(Individualistic)

Question 12

What was the conclusion of Van lzjendoorn and Kroonenbergs research into cultural variations in attachment

Answer 12

There is a global pattern in secure attachment suggesting its innate and biological

Question 13

Who researched the appropriateness of the strange situation with Japanese children

Answer 13

Takahashi (1990)

Question 14

What was the aim of takahashi (1990) study

Answer 14

To assess the appropriateness of the strange situation with japanese children

Question 15

What was the sample in takahasi’s study

Answer 15

60 middle class Japanese infants aged 1
Both boys and girls took part in the strange situation

Question 16

What were the findings of takahasis

Answer 16

Secure attachment = 68%
Insecure avoidant = 0%
Insecure resistant = 32%

The Japanese infants were extremely disturbed when left alone causing the experiment to be stopped due to severe distress in children

Question 17

What is the conclusion of takahasi study

Answer 17

There is a clear difference between cultures in how we respond to being left alone.

This tool may not be appropriate for Japanese cultures due to the extreme differences between cultures in scores