Influence of Early Attachment on Later Relationships

Question 1

The continuity hypothesis suggests that later relationships are likely to be what?

Answer 1

A continuation of early attachment types.

Question 2

Relationships in later childhood of securely attached infants?

Answer 2

Attachment type is associate with the quality of peer relationships in childhood.
Securely attached infants form best quality friendship.
Securely attached children rates highest for social competence in later childhood
Explained by internal working model as they have higher expectations of friends.

Question 3

Relationships in later childhood of insecurley attached infants?

Answer 3

Insecurely attached infants struggle and have friendship difficulties

Question 4

What study supports relationships in Later childhood?

Answer 4

Myron-Wilson and Smith (1988)

Question 5

What did Myron-Wilson and Smith (1988) find?

Answer 5

That insecure avoidant infants are most likely to be bullied while insecure-resistant are most likely to be bullies

Question 6

What was the brief procedure of Myron-Wilson and Smith (1988)?

Answer 6

Questionnaire of 196 children aged 7-11 from London

Question 7

What study supports relationships in adulthood with romantic partners?

Answer 7

McCarthy (1999)

Question 8

What was the brief procedure of McCarthy (1999)?

Answer 8

Studied 40 adult women who had been assessed when they were infants to establish their early attachment type.

Question 9

What did McCarthy (1999) find?

Answer 9

Those assessed as securely attached infants had the best adult friendships and adult relationships. Adults classified as insecure-resistant infants had problems maintaining friendships. Insecure-avoidant struggled with intimacy in romantic relationships

Question 10

What did Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) love quiz want to find?

Answer 10

Wanted to see if there was a correlation between the infants attachment type and their future approach to romantic relationships.

Question 11

What did Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) love quiz analyse?

Answer 11

620 replies to a ‘Love quiz’ printed in an American local newspaper

Question 12

What was the quiz: Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) love quiz?

Answer 12

Split into 3 sections:
Current or most important relationship
General love experience
Attachment type

Question 13

What did Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) love quiz find?

Answer 13

-56% securely attached, 25% insecure-avoidant, 19% insecure-resistant
-positive correlation between attachment type and love experience
-secure attachments most likely to have good romantic experiences
-insercure-avoidant tended to reveal fear

Question 14

Relationships in adulthood as a parent: what is people base their parenting style on?

Answer 14

Their internal working model, so attachment type tends to be passed through generations of a family

Question 15

What study supports Relationships in adulthood as a parent?

Answer 15

Bailey et al (2007)

Question 16

What did Bailey et al (2007) consider?

Answer 16

The attachments of 99 mothers to their babies and their own mothers.

Question 17

What was assessed in What did Bailey et al (2007) study?

Answer 17

Mother-infant attachment wa assessed using the strange situation and mother-own mother attachment was assessed using an adult attachment interview

Question 18

What did What did Bailey et al (2007) find?

Answer 18

The majority of women had the same attachment type as their babies own mothers