Cultural variations in attachmetn

• key study - van ljzendoorn and Kroonenberg

  aim- Investigate cross cultural variations in attachments

  method - meta analysis of 32 studies from 8 different countries that has used Ainsworth's strange situation. total of 1990 infants were used in the analysis.

  results-

  1. secure was the most common type of attachment in all cultures
  2. collectivist showed higher levels of insecure resistant attachments in comparisons
  3. individualistic cultures showed higher levels of insecure avoidant attachments in comparison