Attachment 2

Attachment 2

1. Stability of attachment

   • Bowlby- attachment sensitive to changes in environment.
   • Studies
     • Belsky et al (1996) - stability of 75% for 205 infant-mother dads.
     • Van Lkzendoorn et al. (1999) - stability of disorganisation
     • Minnesota longitudinal study (2004)- infancy to late adolesence in high risk sample.
       • Adult attachment inteview- procedure for accessing adults' strategies for identifying. preventing and protecting oneself from percieved dangers tied to intimate relationships

2. Attachment and domians of functioning

   • Narrow view, broad view, very broad view
   • Attachment quality infulences relational intimacy

3. Studies of attachment

   • Weinfield et al. (1999) Empathic responses to distessed peers
   • Teti & Ablard (1989) Greater sibling harmony
     • Sensitivity of parents
       • Parental sensitivy key to attachment - ability to percieve and interpret children's attachment signals correctly

4. Attachment intervention - Anisfield (1990)