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• It is argued that the quality of a child's first attachment is crucial because from this...

  -the internal working model is formed
• A child who experiences a loving relationship with a reliable caregiver

  -will tend to assume this is how relationships are meant to be.

  -they will seek out functional relationships and behave in a functional manner

  -the reverse is said for a child who experiences a bad first relationship
• Attachment is associated with

  -the quality of peer relationships/friendships in childhood.

  -securely attached children tend to go on to form quality relationships whereas insecurely attached children have friendship difficulties (Kern)
• Hazan and Shaver conducted a correlational study

  -looked at an association between attachment and adult relationships.

  -they analysed over 620 replies to a love quiz placed in an American local newspaper. (volunteer sample)

  -the quiz had 3 sections
• what 3 things did hazan and shaver assess

  -respondents current or most important adult relationship

  -general love experiences such as number of partners

  -attachment type by asking respondents to choose which 3 statements best described their feelings
• What were the findings

  -56% of respondents were identified as securely attached

  -25% of respondents were identified as insecure avoidant

  -19% were identified as insecure resistant
• Those with secure attachments..

  -were most likely to have good and longer lasting romantic experiences

  -the avoidant tended to reveal jealously and a fear of intimacy
• What did McCarthy find?

  -attachment type can influence peer relationships
• What was found?

  -insecure resistant children were more likely to be bullies

  -securely attached children are more unlikely to be victims or perpetrators of bullying

  -insecure avoidant children were most likely to be the victim of bullies