Inflience Of Attatchmetn On Adult Relationships

Question 1

What is the influence of attachment in adult relationships based off

Answer 1

Internal working models of attachment (bowlby)

Question 2

Kerns

Answer 2

Securely attached infants have better quality relationships with peers in later childhood than insecurely attached infants

Question 3

Who studies whether attachment had an affect on childhood relationships (bullying)

Answer 3

Wilson and Smith

Question 4

Wilson and Smith procedure

Answer 4

Used questionnaires to assess behavior and attachment type of 7-11 year olds from london

Question 5

Wilson and Smith findings

Answer 5

Secure-least likely to bully or be bullies
Avoidant-most likely to be victims
Resistant-most likely to bully

Question 6

Who studies how attachment affects adulthood

Answer 6

Bailey

Question 7

Bailey’s procedure

Answer 7

Assessed 99 mothers and infants using the strange situation

Question 8

Bailey’s findings

Answer 8

The majority of mothers had the same attachment type as their baby
Suggesting that parenting styles are modelled after your mother, leading you to pass them into your infant

Question 9

Who studied attachments affect on romantic relationships

Answer 9

Hazan and Shaver

Question 10

Hazan and Shavers procedure

Answer 10

Analysed 620 replies to the love quiz which was printed in a newspaper

It asked about
Current relationships
General love experiences
Attachment type

Pp had to shoot one of 3 answers per question

Question 11

Results

Answer 11

56% secure = good and long lasting relationships
25% avoidant = history of jealousy/fear of intimacy
19% Resistant = held fears that their loved ones would abandon them