Cross Cultural Psychlogy
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The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth (1977); how parent can best handle the scenario of “the strange situation” in the context of attachment; the suggestions to promote parents awareness in the importance to build secure attachment with their children.
1. Introduction
Attachment is defined as a close, emotional bond between child and caregiver. Although there are several theories of why this attachment may occur, it is generally accepted that this attachment is necessary to promote proximity between child and caregiver in order to provide safety and security. The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth consists of Secure Attachment, Insecure Avoidant Attachment and thirdly the Insecure ambivalent/resistant. The writing of this article is to do a research into the three types of attachment styles, and the possible steps for the parent to handle the children in the “strange situation”, in order to enhance the secure attachment between the children and the parent.
2. The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth(1977)
Research has shown that there are individual differences in attachment quality. Mary Ainsworth studied 28 Ganda infants and their mothers in Uganda at their homes. Observing the infant–mother interactions of 26 families, she discovered that securely attached children used their mother as a safe base from which to explore their world, while insecurely attached babies tended to cling to the mother and refuse to venture away from her with confidence. She devised an assessment technique called the Strange Situation Classification (SSC) in order to investigate how attachments might vary between children. Based on Ainsworth’s previous Uganda and later Baltimore studies, she identified three main attachment styles, secure, insecure avoidant and insecure ambivalent/resistant. She concluded that these attachment styles were the result of early interactions with the mother.
2.1. Secure Attachment
A secure attachment...
The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth (1977); how parent can best handle the scenario of “the strange situation” in the context of attachment; the suggestions to promote parents awareness in the importance to build secure attachment with their children.
1. Introduction
Attachment is defined as a close, emotional bond between child and caregiver. Although there are several theories of why this attachment may occur, it is generally accepted that this attachment is necessary to promote proximity between child and caregiver in order to provide safety and security. The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth consists of Secure Attachment, Insecure Avoidant Attachment and thirdly the Insecure ambivalent/resistant. The writing of this article is to do a research into the three types of attachment styles, and the possible steps for the parent to handle the children in the “strange situation”, in order to enhance the secure attachment between the children and the parent.
2. The three attachment styles by Mary Ainsworth(1977)
Research has shown that there are individual differences in attachment quality. Mary Ainsworth studied 28 Ganda infants and their mothers in Uganda at their homes. Observing the infant–mother interactions of 26 families, she discovered that securely attached children used their mother as a safe base from which to explore their world, while insecurely attached babies tended to cling to the mother and refuse to venture away from her with confidence. She devised an assessment technique called the Strange Situation Classification (SSC) in order to investigate how attachments might vary between children. Based on Ainsworth’s previous Uganda and later Baltimore studies, she identified three main attachment styles, secure, insecure avoidant and insecure ambivalent/resistant. She concluded that these attachment styles were the result of early interactions with the mother.
2.1. Secure Attachment
A secure attachment...