Child Practical Investigation

• Child Practical Investigation: Aim: To see if having a secure attachment as an adult is related to secure attachment as a child.
• Child Practical Investigation: Conclusion: There is not a relationship between secure childhood attachments and close adult relationships.
• Child Practical Investigation: Procedure: Sample: Opportunistic sampling. 10 participants, all over 18 years old
• Child Practical Investigation: Procedure: Method: Participants were given a brief and consent form, asking them to sign for consent. The participants were then instructed to fill out questionnaire about attachment as a child and adult. When finished, the questionnaire was then taken away and the participant was then given a debrief to explain the purpose of the experiment.
• Child Practical Investigation: Results: Close attachment (child) mean average: 20.1
• Child Practical Investigation: Results: Secure attachment (adult) mean average: 7.6
• Child Practical Investigation: Results: Spearman’s rank test conducted found to be not significant.

  Critical value: 0.564

  Calculated value: 0.183
• Child Practical Investigation: Improvements: Larger sample size to get a better representation of the target population. Use observation over questionnaire to increase validity