We imitate our relationship with our parents in our futurerelationships with friends, romantic partners and our own children
This happens because we build up an internalworkingmodel from our relationship with our caregiver which shapes our expectations and beliefs about future relationships
Hazan and Shaver's love quiz
conducted a questionnaire-based correlational study to investigate whether people's romantic relationships are shaped by their attachment style to their parents
Findings: Hazan and Shaver's love quiz
secure attachments - secure romantic relationships and believed in true love
insecure avoidant/resistant - had less successful relationships, felt more lonely and didn't believe in true love
Limitations: Hazan and Shaver's love quiz
volunteer sample used - results might not be representative of the wider population
Participants' answers may not have been accurate, and objective - may not be able to remember their childhood attachment style or may have displayed social desirability bias
it was a correlational study - we can't establish a cause and effect relationship between the childhood attachment style and their later relationships
