VanIjzendoor and Kroonenberg

• Carried out a meta-analysis combing the findings of 32 other studies of the strange situation from 8 different countries and based on the observation of over 2000 children using Ainsworth’s Type A, B, C
• All countries: secure attachment was the most common classification. The proportion varied from 75% in Britain to 50% in china
• Germany- had a large number of insecure avoidants perhaps due to them being brought up to be independent
• Collectivist cultures: insecure- resistant about 14%
• Individualistic: rates of insecure- resistant attachment were simto Ainsworth's original sample (all under 14%)
• Japan, china and Israel: had a large number of insecure- resistants. This may be due to them barely being separated from their parents
• Japan, china and Israel: had a large number of insecure- resistants. This may be due to them barely being separated from their parents