Attachment

• Klaus and Kennel:

  • compared mothers who have extended physical contact (PC) with mothers who only had PC when feeding
  • Results showed mothers in the extended PC group cuddled their infants more and made greater eye contact.
  • Suggests that greater physical contact leads to stronger and closer attachment
  • Led to hospitals placing mothers and infants in the same room after birth
• 1. Bick et al (2012) found 94% agreement when deciding the attachment type between different observers watching the same children.
• 1. Takahashi (1990) notes that Japanese mothers are rarely separated from infants, thus the infants show high levels of separation anxiety. 
• The mean IQ scores were:

  • for those adopted before 6 months = 102
  • for those children adopted between 6 months and 2 years = 86
  • for those adopted after the age of 2 = 77
• Aims of Hazan and Shaver (1987):

  A study to test the internal working model and the association between adult relationships