The Influence Of Early Attachment On Adult Relationships

Question 1

What does bowlbys internal working model suggest about early attachment

Answer 1

That IWM provides a blueprint for later attachment

Question 2

What does each attachment type suggest about their future relationships

Answer 2

Secure attachment = successful relationship
Insecure avoidant = avoid close relationships
Insecure resistant = engage in controlling relationships

Question 3

What are the 4 behaviors influenced by Internal working models

Answer 3

Influence on later romantic relationships

Influence on later childhood

Influence on later parenting

Influence of childhood abuse

Question 4

Who researched the internal working models influence on later romantic relationships

Answer 4

HAZAN AND SHAVER (1987)

Question 5

What was the aim of hazan and shaver (1987)

Answer 5

To investigate the impacts of childhood attachments on later romantic relationships

Question 6

What was the procedure of Hazan and Shavers (1987)

Answer 6

They created a love quiz in an American newspaper and after a week they had 620 pt (205 men and 415 women)

It measured aspects such as jealousy, friendship, fear of closeness

Assessed on:
adult attachment type
Attachment history
Attitudes towards love (IMW)

Question 7

What were the results of secure attachment in Hazan and Shaver (1987)

Answer 7

Secure:

56% of people had this attachment

Adult experience:

Secure, stable and loving relationship that are long lasting

Divorce rate:
6%

Question 8

What were the results of insecure-avoidant attachment in Hazan and shavers research (1987)

Answer 8

Insecure avoidant:
People who had it: 25%

Adult experience:

Fear of intimacy, emotional highs and lows including jealousy

Divorce rate:
12%

Question 9

What were the results of insecure resistant attachment in hazan and shavers research (1987)

Answer 9

How many people had this attachment
19%

Adult experience:
Obsessive, jealous and emotional highs and lows

Divorce rate
10%

Question 10

What was the conclusion of Hazan and Shaver (1987)

Answer 10

This supports the idea of the continuity hypothesis that the infant attachment type influences later relationships as secure has a lower chance of divorce with more stable relationships

Question 11

What is the influence of the internal working model on later childhood

Answer 11

Attachment types are associated with peer relations in childhood.

Question 12

Who researched influence on later childhood

Answer 12

Myron-Wilson and Smith (1998) investigated the relationship between attachment types and bullying behaviors.

Question 13

How many people did Myron-Wilson and smith research

Answer 13

196 children between the ages of 7 and 11

Question 14

Which attachment type is least likely to engage in bullying behaviour

Answer 14

Secure attachment

Question 15

Which attachment type is most likely to be victims of bullying according to Myron-Wilson and smith (1998)

Answer 15

Insecure-avoidant

Question 16

Which attachment type is most likely to be the bullies according to Myron-Wilson and Smith (1998)

Answer 16

Insecure resistant

Question 17

who researched influence on later parenting

Answer 17

Bailey et al (2007)

Question 18

Who was Bailey et al’s (2007) sample

Answer 18

99 mothers and their one year old babies

Question 19

What did Bailey et al assess

Answer 19

The quality of the mothers attachment to their own mothers using interviews

The quality of their attachment with their children

Question 20

What did Bailey et al (2007) find

Answer 20

Found a clear correlation between pt own attachment and the attachment that they had with their child

Question 21

A limitation of the influence of early attachment on adult relationships

Answer 21

P: this research is correlational
E: for example Hazan and shaver (1987) used a correlational study to find the positive correlation between attachment type and attitude to love
E: we cannot be sure this true as establishing cause + effect is hard as there may be other variables effecting results such as socioeconomic status
L: this impacts the studies validity