Early attachments influence on later life relationships

• RELATIONSHIPS IN LATER CHILDHOOD- WILSON AND SMITH 1998

  • assessed attachment style and bullying using a standardised questionnaire
  • 196 children from london
• secure= best quality childhood and friendships, unlikely to be a part of bullying behaviour

  Insecure resistant= poor quality friendships, bully

  insecure avoidant= poor friendships, victim of bullying
• RELATIONSHIPS IN ADULT LIFE WITH ROMANTIC PARTNERS- MAZEN AND SHAVER 1987

  • love quiz- investigate the impact of early attachments on later life adult behaviour, posted in an American newspaper, 620 replies, -
  • first assessed respondents' current or most important relationship,
  • second assessed general love experience, eg, number of lovers
  • third assessed attachment type by choosing 3 statements that describe them
• RELATIONSHIPS IN ADULT LIFE WITH ROMANTIC PARTNERS- MAZEN AND SHAVER 1987

  • found- 56 percent secure, 25 percent insecure avoidant, 19 percent insecure resistant
  • secure= good, longer relationships
  • avoidant= jealousy and fear of intimacy
  • resistant= been with more people
• RELATIONSHIPS IN ADULTHOOD AS A PARENT- BAILEY ET AL 2004

  • assessed 99 mothers with 1-year-old babies on the quality of their attachment to their mothers using an interview
  • found- mothers who reported poor attachments to their parents in the interviews were most likely to be classified as poor parents