Attachment and later development

• AO3:

  STRENGTH:

  • supporting evidence
  • studies have been linked to later development
  • such as Fearon and Roisman 2017 concluded that early attachment predicts later development
  • How strong the relationship is in early attachment and later development depends on both attachment type and aspects of later development
  • Although insecure-avoidant conveys very mild disadvantages, disorganised attachment is strongly associated with later mental disorder
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  LIMITATION:

  • not all evidence supports the existence of close links between early attachment and later development
  • IE: Regensberg longitudinal study followed 43 individuals from one year of age
  • At age 16 attachment was assessed using the adult interview and there was no evidence of continuity
  • Therefore it is not clear to what extent the quality of early attachment really predicts later development