Influence of Early Attachment on Adulthood

• Internal Working Model


  Presented by Bowlby, a schema that acts as a template for future relationships; being disrupted if maternally deprivated
• Hazan + Shaver (1987)


  'Love Quiz' assessment as a continuation of Ainsworth's Strange Situation, analysing 620 responses assessing attachment types and adult relations

  • Found 56% of ppts were secure, in healthy, long-lasting relations
  • Found 19% of ppts were insecure-resistant, in that love was a compulsive commitment
• (+) A03: McCarthy (1999)


  40 Females that shared information about childhood attachment type

  • Found those with secure attachments rated their adult relations more positive than those of insecure avoidant and resistant
• (-) A03: Correlation

  Not causation, may be other factors in research such as low income