Influence of early attachment on adult relationships

• Hazan and Shaver


  Researchers who used a 'Love Quiz' to identify current and childhood attachment types
• Love Quiz


  Asked questions to volunteer participants about their attitudes to love (an assessment of the internal working model)
• Attachment types found


  • Securely attached (56%)
  • Insecure avoidant (25%)
  • Insecure resistant (19%)
• Securely attached people


  • More likely to have a good long lasting relationship
• Insecure avoidant


  • Likely to have difficulty trusting others and developing intimate relationships
• Insecure resistants


  • Likely to enter relationships quickly and become angry when their love isn't reciprocated
• Early attachment


  Influences later adult romantic relationships