Cultural Variations in attachment 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyAttachmentA2/A-levelAQA Created by: dots_balCreated on: 17-03-22 20:37 What was the aim of Van Izjendoorn's study To investigate the types of attachment across cultures and see how the 3 main attachment types applied 1 of 17 What method did he use (+ how many children, studies, and countries) Meta-analysis (1990 children, 32 studies across 8 countries) 2 of 17 What did he find That the differences were small and secure was the most common attachment type across all countries 3 of 17 Which 2 countries had insecure resistant as the 2nd most popular attachment type Israel & Japan 4 of 17 what was the variation WITHIN cultures 15X more variation than across countries 5 of 17 What did Van Izjendoorn conclude A secure attachment is universal, and the global pattern is similar to America. 6 of 17 Who conducted an Italian Study Simonelli 7 of 17 What results did Simonelli find 50% secure 36% IA (76 babies) 8 of 17 What did Simonelli conclude that patterns of attachment are not static and they change with cultural change. 9 of 17 Who conducted a study in Korea Mi Kyoung Jin 10 of 17 What did he find (87 babies) similar to Japan, only 1 IA 11 of 17 Who did a study in Japan Takahashi 12 of 17 What did he find No evidence of IA, USA rates of secure and higher rates of IR 13 of 17 One strength Meta-analysis, large sample, practical, conclusive, no outliers 14 of 17 HOWEVER... country data NOT cultural data, claims may be untrue 15 of 17 One weakness R-, strange situation, ethnocentric, imposed etic, applying American values 16 of 17 Another weakness Sample, not globally representative, over 1/2 from US, findings distorted 17 of 17
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