Cultural Variations In Attachment

Question 1

Van Ijzendoorn’ study aim

Answer 1

Investigate the proportion of secure, insecure- avoidant, and insecure resistant attachment across a range of countries, also looking at the difference within the same country to get an idea of the variations within a culture

Question 2

Procedure

Answer 2

They carried out a meta analysis of the findings from 32 studies carried out in 8 different countries using the strange situation to measure attachment. 32 studies yielded results for 1900 children

Question 3

Findings

Answer 3

Secure - 67% , insecure- avoidant -21%, insecure resistant 12%