Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships
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- Created on: 30-05-14 12:18
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- Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships
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- Early relationships w/ peers = influence later adult relationships
- Close childhood friendships = categorised by affection/alliance/intimacy
- Having friends to confide in = creates trust/acceptance - important in adult relationships
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- Temperament hypothesis - alternative explanation = quality of relationship determined biologically by innate personality factors
- suggests attachment style irrelevant = attempts to develop better relationship by changing attachment = pointless
- Temperament hypothesis - alternative explanation = quality of relationship determined biologically by innate personality factors
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- Childs internal working model - can lead to attachment disorder
- If experienced abuse/neglect in childhood
- Can result in resting/rejecting intimacy in adult relationships
- If experienced abuse/neglect in childhood
- Childs internal working model - can lead to attachment disorder
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- Methodological problem - studies highly selective = usually participant from one school/city is US.
- Means studies not representative of adolescence in other area/cultures
- studies lack internal validity - difficult to generalise findings to people outside participant sample
- Means studies not representative of adolescence in other area/cultures
- Methodological problem - studies highly selective = usually participant from one school/city is US.
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- In adolescence - attachment shifts from parents to peers
- shift = redirect interpersonal energy to romantic partner
- early romantic relationships = adolescence gain experience for new emotional/physical intimacy
- However, Madsen found: adolescence who date frequently = poorer quality relationships = too much adolescence dating can be maladaptive
- early romantic relationships = adolescence gain experience for new emotional/physical intimacy
- shift = redirect interpersonal energy to romantic partner
- In adolescence - attachment shifts from parents to peers
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- However, could be viewed attachment type determined by current relationship + childhood attachment
- Shows why happily married couples are secure
- Attachment theory suggest - significant relationship experiences can alter attachment organisation
- supported by finding: relationships break up associated with shift from secure to insecure attachment
- However, could be viewed attachment type determined by current relationship + childhood attachment
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- Behaviour of primary attachment figure = internal working model - leads infant to expect the same in later life
- Expectations of later relationships = continuation of early attachment styles
- Sexual expectations also learned in early attachment = avoidant attachment - sex without love.
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- Research doesn't take into account gender differences
- e.g. male + female peer groups have different influences on adult relationships
- girls peer groups more influential on adult relationships than boys
- e.g. male + female peer groups have different influences on adult relationships
- Research doesn't take into account gender differences
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- Freley support link between early attachment styles + success in adult relationships
- Meta-analysis. found: correlations from 0.1-0.5 between attachment type + later romantic relationships = strong link
- Link between some attachment types (insecure-anxious) + adult relationships = less clear = suggests some attachment types more unstable overtime.
- Meta-analysis. found: correlations from 0.1-0.5 between attachment type + later romantic relationships = strong link
- Freley support link between early attachment styles + success in adult relationships
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