influence of early attachment on later relationships

• the love quiz - Hazen and Shaver(1987)

  they were interested in Bowlby's idea that an infants first attachment formed an internal working model, wanted to see if there was a correlation between the infants attachment type and their future approach to romantic relationships

  the love quiz is a love experience questionnaire which assesses the individuals beliefs about romantic love
• the love quiz results - secure types

  they described their love as happy, friendly and trusting which emphasised on being able to accept their partner regardless of any faults and their 'romantic love' never fading, they are also comfortable depending on others and happy to be close to others
• the love quiz results - insecure resistant types

  they experience love as involving obsession, a desire for reciprocation, emotional highs and lows, they worry that their partners don't love them or might abandon them
• the love quiz - insecure avoidant types

  they typically fear intimacy and believe that they do not need love to be happy, they are uncomfortable being close and/or depending on others
• love quiz evaluation limitation

  they used self report measures meaning there are certain people who would want to take part in a questionnaire so only attracting a certain personality and they could easily lie and show social desirability

  
  

  the love quiz questionnaire doesn't show a direct cause just a common theme that occurs meaning we don't know if early attachment has a link to later relationships in adulthood
• love quiz evaluation strengths

  research support from Simpson (2007) - assesses infant attachment after one year and found those securely attached have more social confidence and are more emotionally attached to their partner in early adulthood, supporting the view that attachment type predicts relationships in adult life