Influence on later relationships

• what did hazen + shaver do + aim ?

  • love quiz

  aim - to see if primary attachment to parent reflected in adult relationships
• Procedure of love quiz ?


  620 pp 205m 415F

  • 14-82 years old

  did a questionnaire

  • 42% married
  • 28% divorced or widowed
  • 31% dating
• Love quiz findings ?


  56% secure

  • romantic experience

  - happy, friendly, trusting, believe in long lasting love

  • typical response

  - don’t worry about being abandoned or someone getting close to them
• Findings for insecure avoidant ?


  25% are insecure avoidant

  • romantic experience

  - jealous, fear of intimacy, vulnerable to loneliness

  • typical response

  - partners want to be more intimate than they are comfortable with , don’t need to be loved to be happy
• findings for insecure resistant ?


  19% insecure resistant

  • romantic experience

  - doubtful about durable love, most vulnerable to loneliness, fear of abandonment

  • typical response

  - want to merge completely with someone else + this desire scares them away
• What is the other explanation ?

  Bowlbys internal working model
• What does the IWM suggest ?


  Influence of early attachment can later effect later relationships
• What behaviours are influenced by IWM?

  1. Friendships in childhood- Kerth found those insecurely attached algae friendship problems
  2. poor parenting skills- Harlow monkeys harmed so had to be separated from children
  3. mental health - attachment disorder is recognices in dsm-5 by a distinct category
  4. romantic relationships- haven and shaver
• Evaluation ?

  1. Research support- haven and shaver
  2. use of self report
  3. deterministic