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• There are practical applications to understanding the influence of early attachment. Schools can use this knowledge to help children alter their internal working model to address childhood bullying and loneliness. This early work adapting children's IWM would also help children achieve relationship stability in later adult relationships, potentially
• The reliance on self-reporting infant relationships also reduces the validity of this research; early infant relationshipstyles may not be recalled accurately due to the reconstructive nature of memory or reported inaccurately due to demand characteristics or social desirability bias.