Cultural variations in attachment

van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenburg (1988)

• Procedure: Located 32 studies of attachment where the Strange Situation was used. These studies were conducted in 8 countries. Overall, the studies yielded results for 1990 children. The data from the studies was meta-analysed
• Secure attachment was the most common classification in all countries
• Insecure-resistant was the least common type, but the percentage ranged from 3% in Britain to 29% in Israel
• Variations between results of studies within the same country were 150% greater than those…