cultural variations in attachment AO3

Question 1

what did ijzendoorn and kroonenberg conduct a study to look at?

Answer 1

• the proportions of secure, insecure-resistant and insecure-avoidant attachments across a range of countries to assess cultural variation
• they also looked at the differences within the same countries

Question 2

procedure - the researchers located …. studies of attachment where the …. ….. had been used to investigate the ….. of babies with …. attachment types. these were conducted in …. counties - … were in the us. overall the studies ….. results for ….. children. the data for these … studies was ….-…… . this means that the …. of the studies were ….. and …. together

Answer 2

procedure - the researchers located 32 studies of attachment where the strange situation ha been used to investigate the proportions of babies with different attachment types. these were conducted in 8 countries - 15 were in the us. overall, the studies yielded results for 1,990 children. the data for these 32 studies was meta-analysed. this means that the results of the studies were combined and analyse together

Question 3

findings - there was …. variation between the … of attachment types in different …. . in all countries, …. attachment was the …. common classification. in individualist countries, rates of insecure-….. attachment were similar to ainsworth’s original sample but this was …. true for ….. samples from …. , ….. and …. where rates were above ….%.

Answer 3

findings - there was wide variation between the proportions of attachment types in different studies. in all countries, secure attachment was the most common classification. in individualist countries, rates of insecure-resistant attachment were similar to ainsworth’s original sample but this was not true for collectivist samples from china, japan and israel where rates were above 25%