Hazan and shaver (1987)

• Extended Bowlby’s ideas that later love relationships should be predictable from knowledge of an individuals early attachment Style
• They tested Bowlby’s hypothesis with the ‘love quiz’ which had nearly 100 questions published in the Rocky Mountain news which received 620 replies
• 56% classified themselves as secure
• 25% avoidant
• 19% resistant
• Securely attached adults:

  • Had certain beliefs (love is enduring)
  • Reported certain experiences (example mutual trust)
  • Were less likely to have been divorced
• Secure adults

  • Relationships are positive
  • Trusts others and believe in enduring love
  • positive image of mother as dependable and caring
• insecurely Attached adults:

  • Felt true love was rare; fell in and out of love easily
  • Found relationships to be less easy
  • Were more likely to be divorced
• Resistant (anxious) adults

  • Preoccupied by love
  • Falls in love easily but have trouble finding true love
  • Conflicting memories of mother being positive and rejecting
• Resistant (anxious) adults

  • Preoccupied by love
  • Falls in love easily but have trouble finding true love
  • Conflicting memories of mother being positive and rejecting
• Avoidant adults

  • Fearful of closeness
  • Love is not durable nor necessary for happiness
  • Remember mother as cold and rejecting