The Influence Of Early Attachment Content

Question 1

Why is the quality of a child’s first attachment so crucial?

Answer 1

This template powerfully effects the nature of their future relationships through the IWM

Question 2

How does an insecure resistant attachment type impact adult relationships?

Answer 2

The child will be possessive over their friends as they want to keep their friends but don’t trust them so they feel easily replaceable which leads them to bullying as the child resists losing their friend. This means insecure resistant children struggle to maintain friendships

Question 3

What 3 types of relationships does attachment type impact?

Answer 3

. Relationships in later childhood
. Relationships in adulthood with romantic partners
. Relationships in adulthood as parent

Question 4

What did Kerns 1994 find about relationships in later childhood?

Answer 4

Securely attached infants tend to go on to form best childhood friendships but insecurely attached have friendship difficulties

Question 5

What did Peter Smith (1998) find relating bullying and attachment type?

Answer 5

. Secure children were very unlikely to be involved in bullying
. Insecure-avoidant most likely to be victims
. Insecure-resistant most likely to be bullies

Question 6

How did Myron-Wilson and Smith 1998 assess attachment type and bullying involvement?

Answer 6

Used standard questionnaires in 196 children aged 7-11 from London

Question 7

How does each attachment type fare in later romantic relationships?

Answer 7

. Securely attached does best
. Insecure-resistant struggled maintaining friendships due to trust issues
. Insecure-avoidant struggled with intimacy

Question 8

Who created the Love Quiz study?

Answer 8

Hazan and Shaver (1987)

Question 9

Where was Shaver’s ‘Love Quiz’ placed?

Answer 9

In the Rocky Mountain News (American small-town publication)

Question 10

What did the love quiz and questionnaire ask?

Answer 10

Quiz: to identify current and childhood attachment types
. About current attachment experiences
. Attachment history

Questionnaire: assessed IWM
. About attitudes towards love

Question 11

How many responses were analysed for Hazan and Shaver’s study?

Answer 11

620: 205 men and 415 women

Question 12

What were the main findings of Hazan and Shaver’s love quiz?

Answer 12

. Attachment styles similar to those in infancy
. Positive correlation between attachment type and love experiences
. Relationship found between conception of love (IWM) and attachment type

Question 13

How were the findings of attachment type in the love quiz consistent with general findings?

Answer 13

56% secure
25% avoidant
19% resistant

Matches up with results from Strange situation pretty well

Question 14

How can the positive correlation between secure attachment and love experiences be seen?

Answer 14

Securely attached adults described their love experiences as happy, friendly and trusting; emphasises being able to accept and support their partner despite faults

Question 15

How long did each attachment types relationship last in the love quiz findings?

Answer 15

. Secure attachment - 10 years average
. Resistant - 5 years average
. Avoidant - 6 years average

Question 16

What results from the love quiz pointed towards a relationship between the IWM conception of love and attachment type?

Answer 16

41% avoidant said intense romantic love is common at the beginning but a relationship rarely lasts forever
59% secure said in some relationships, romantic love really lasts
20% resistant said it was easy to fall in love, compared to 4% avoidant and 9% secure