Cultural Variations in attachment

Cultural Variations in attachment

1. The ways that different groups of people vary in terms of their social practices and the effects these practices

2. Van IJzendoorn & Kroonnenberg (1988)

   • studied over 2000 strange situation classifications in 8 different countries
     • interested to find out whether there were intra-cultural differences
       • Found that the differences were small. Secure attachment was the most common classification
         • Insecure
           • Secure
             • Insecure Resistant

3. Supporting Study

   • Tronick-studied an African tribe and found that the infants still wanted to be with the one primary attachment

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