Influence of Early Attachment on Infant and Adult Relationships
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- Influence of Early Attachment on Infant and Adult Relationships
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- Bowlby described the continuity hypothesis
- Monotropy provides IWM for child and so early patterns of attachment can influence later child and adult parenting
- Secure
- Children
- Best quality friendships
- Less likely to be involved in bullying
- Adulthood
- Closer to partner and can explore independently
- Children
- Insecure Avoidant
- Children
- Victims of bullying
- Adulthood
- Distant and uninvolved
- Children
- Insecure Resistant
- Children
- Bullied others
- Adulthood
- Jealous, controlling, argumentative
- Children
- Bowlby described the continuity hypothesis
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- Young Blade and Belsky: Evidence of continuity and IWM in childhood relationships
- Found that children who were secure in attachment were more popular
- Hazan and Shaver: Supported research into adult relationships
- Investigated a link between early attachment and adult romantic attachments
- Showed childhood attachments affect adult relationships
- Secure: Happy and trusting
- Insecure Avoidant: Doubtful, didn't need lover
- Harlow: Continuity demonstrated in parenthood
- Children's attachment types affect later relationships
- IWM says the monkeys had a bad relationship with their mother, so abused young and believed it was normal
- Methodological issues of validity
- Social desirability bias if asking parents
- As a child, they may not remember
- Retrospective data isn't accurate
- Social desirability bias if asking parents
- Young Blade and Belsky: Evidence of continuity and IWM in childhood relationships
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