Cultural differences in attachment
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- Created on: 04-04-22 15:13
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- Cultural differences in attachment
- Kyoung
- Compared attachment styles in Korean and American babies. Found that all but one child studied was either secure or resistant
- Cultural norms in Korea are different to i the US meaning that infants often spend a lot of tie with their mother who doesn’t work, meaning their attachment style is more resistant than American infants
- Compared attachment styles in Korean and American babies. Found that all but one child studied was either secure or resistant
- Evaluations of cultural differences
- Strengths
- Large sample sizes mean that research can be generalised easily.
- Weaknesses
- Imposed etic
- Failure to find meaning in attachments
- Biased method
- Strengths
- Simonella
- Studied attachment styles in Italy. Found that secure attachment was just 50% of the 76 children studied and that 36% were insecure-avoidant, as their mothers worked long hours and they spent time in childcare facilities.
- Van Izjendoorn and Kroonenberg
- Conducted a meta-analysis of 32 studies across 8 countries whcih the strange situation had been conducted
- Found different attachment styles were more prevalent in different cultures e.g type C in eastern countries.
- This suggests that different countries raise their children differently and that there is therefore a learned element of attachment.
- Kyoung
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