Cultural variations of Strange Situation
- Created by: Georgia
- Created on: 02-05-19 17:15
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- Cultural variations of the Strange Situation
- Differences in child-rearing practices and attachment types between different cultures
- van Ijzendoorn used Ainsworth's attachment types to assess whether they were universal
- Meta-analysis of 32 studies from 8 countries
- 1,990 separate mother-infant pairs
- Meta-analysis of 32 studies from 8 countries
- Insecure-avoidant - 21%
- Securely attached - 67%
- Insecure-resistant - 12%
- In every culture, secure attachment was the most prominent
- Highest in UK and Sweden (75%)
- Lowest in China (50%)
- Evaluation
- Different amounts of attachment types reflect cultural differences
- If attachment is innate, every country should have secure attachment as majority
- Created and tested in USA, so ethnocentric
- High reliability due to standardised procedures
- Only 25 infants used in China, not enough to fully represent whole country
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